Do You Care If Your Fish Dinner Was Raised Humanely? (NPR)

At some point or another, we’ve all cringed at the videos: lame cows struggling to stand; egg-laying hens squeezed into small, stacked cages; hogs confined to gestation crates, unable to walk or turn.

Over the past decade, animal advocates have made great strides informing us of some of the problems with how many of our favorite proteins are raised. They’ve also made progress bringing change to the industry by pressuring large-scale retailers — from Target to McDonald’s — to commit to sourcing livestock raised with higher welfare standards. But one important protein source has been missing almost entirely from the conversation: seafood.

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