Plans for the world’s first octopus farm in a Brits holiday hotspot have been met with fury amid animal welfare fears for the highly intelligent creatures.
The farm in Spain’s Canary Islands, slated to open this year, would use industrial tanks to raise a million octopuses annually for food.
But the proposals have sparked an outcry among scientists and activists who say the eight-limbed mollusc - clever enough to use tools and known to feel pain and pleasure - would suffer under intensive farming methods.
