PUBLIC OPINION AND EDUCATION OF FISH HUMANE SLAUGHTER IN ARAUCÁRIA, PARANÁ

Authors

  • Ana Silvia Pedrazzani Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Antônio Ostrensky Neto Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Paulo César Falanghe Carneiro Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros
  • Marina Valentini Gayer Secretaria Municipal de Agricultura de Araucária
  • Carla Forte Maiolino Molento Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v9i4.1361

Keywords:

Produçãod e peixes

Abstract

 Society is in need of information regarding fish welfare, including sentience and suffering through fish farming and slaughter methods. The objectives of this work were: (1) to increase knowledge regarding public opinion on fish humane slaughter; and (2) to evaluate the effectiveness of education of fish cleaners on the fair regarding fish humane slaughter. Interviews were applied in two scenarios: on a Municipal Live Fish Fair and on a bus station. In the fair 88.0% of 314 respondents affirmed that fish feel pain; and on the bus station, 86.9% of 43 interviewed people affirmed the same; 55.7% reported to buy and transport live fish in dry plastic bags, characterizing slow death by asphyxiation, as opposed to 39.5% respectively. From interviewed people, 85.0% and 89.0% believe that some of the slaughter methods cause fish suffering; 52.9% and 44.1% affirmed this suffering affect meat quality, respectively. Of all people, 91.1% did not have any information regarding humane slaughter. Of the cleaners, 83.3% adopted the humane slaughter procedure taught and 75.0% affirmed that the technique facilitated the cleaning work. It is important to educate society in terms of fish sentience and its implications, especially in terms of their welfare and humane slaughter.
KEY WORDS: Animal welfare, Brazil, sentience.

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Author Biographies

Ana Silvia Pedrazzani, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestranda do curso de Ciências Veterinárias - UFPR

Antônio Ostrensky Neto, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Docente do curso de Pós-graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Coordenador do Grupo Integrado de Aquicültura e Estudos Ambientais -GIA/UFPR

Paulo César Falanghe Carneiro, Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros

Pesquisador da Embrapa Tabuleiros Costeiros.

Marina Valentini Gayer, Secretaria Municipal de Agricultura de Araucária

Médica Veterinária da Secretaria Municipal de Agricultura de Araucária

Carla Forte Maiolino Molento, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Docente do curso de Pós-graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Coordenadora do Laboratório de Bem-estar Animal, LABEA/ UFPR

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Published

2008-12-21

How to Cite

PEDRAZZANI, A. S.; OSTRENSKY NETO, A.; FALANGHE CARNEIRO, P. C.; VALENTINI GAYER, M.; FORTE MAIOLINO MOLENTO, C. PUBLIC OPINION AND EDUCATION OF FISH HUMANE SLAUGHTER IN ARAUCÁRIA, PARANÁ. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 4, p. 976–996, 2008. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v9i4.1361. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1361. Acesso em: 16 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2008)

Section

Animal Production

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