Keep tiger prawns off your plate

This is a tiger prawn. Also known as a giant prawn or a jumbo shrimp.

Now, if you love sushi, you'll probably find one of these little devils on your plate.
These large shrimps often comes from Asia, And, to keep them fresh, juicy and bacteria free, they are pumped full of antibiotics and then soaked in posioness chemicals.

Delicious...

But that's not where the madness ends, because tiger prawns also happens to be one of the world's worst environmental hazards!

So here's what happens:

Big companies flatten large areas of precious mangrove forests to build damms for prawn farming. They use diesel pumps to provide the prawns with fresh water whilst the environment is completely destroyed. The big companies then move their farms to a new site and they start all over again.

So, what's left is a broken eco system, a black market industry, people living in poverty and fear and what other totally useless horrible things.

It's absolutely true. That's how bad tiger prawns are, even if they are labeled organic.

So, now, if you only want to do one teeny tiny thing that will contribute to a better world, keep tiger prawns off your plate!

This video is proudly presented to you by SSNC! http://www.naturskyddsforeningen.se/in-english/

Go to our campaign site: http://antiscampi.se

Production company: http://filmtecknarna.se

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[pastisch]

No more tiger prawns on my plate! And wow, Morwenna Banks indeed does an awesome job doing the voiceover! Excellent piece of work!

[Jonas013]

@004308 "Don't know where to begin" is a well known type of critisism from those who have few, if any, real arguments...

[setospetdragon]

Well, that was nice and balanced, wasn't it? /sarcasm

Don't believe every bit of propoganda you see, guys. Be more objective.

[Edubthree]

OOPS it was Denmark killing pilot whales.

[Edubthree]

Has any one seen the swedish dolphin killings google it.

[jubbles2343]

I'm still going to eat them, its their environment that is being ruined not mine and I don't see why I should have to suffer because of their stupidity, end result I just wash my food and its fine to eat, they have jobs until they realise they've cocked up big time and the cycle of life continues.

[monawallin]

@ordude123 That's a really strange reaction...

[monawallin]

@vosstok75 I wish it was...

[vosstok75]

Bullcrap.

[DarkArtistKaiser]

@DangerousLabs

This is true. Unfortunately, they are no good to the people in the bait industry.

[ordude123]

This makes me want one even more...

[KayLocura]

If you really are interested in an unbiased account of shrimp farming and its impacts, view the 'BBC documentary on shrimp farming in Honduras' parts 1 and 2 on youtube.