Lorelei Wakefield
Founder of University of Pennsylvania ‘Veterinary Animal Welfare Society’. Assists Humane Law Enforcement Officers in New York City, and has been widely featured on the 'Animal Precinct' television series in USA.

"Some fish were stabbed deeply in major arteries to bleed them out. Others were simply left to suffocate out of water. None of the tuna died quickly. Fish were torn from the ocean with giant sharp metal hooks and brought on board. Some tuna were bludgeoned with the hook multiple times. Fish have the capability to experience and feel pain."

Dr. Katherine van Ekert
President of ‘Sentient’, The Veterinary Institute for Animal Ethics.

"The fish were shown to be lifted by hooks after attachment. The suspension of the tunas' body weight is expected to cause pain and stress to the animals, as too would the tearing of their tissues as a result of gravity working against the hook. Pain and stress can be witnessed through the struggling and thrashing movements of the tuna while suspended in the air. Increasing bodies of research over the past few years have demonstrated fishes' capacity to experience pain."