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Author Richard Flanagan unleashes tirade against salmon farming industry
Man Booker prize-winning author Richard Flanagan has taken a swipe at Tasmania’s salmon industry, describing it as “one big lie”.
Key points:
- Richard Flanagan said he was compelled to write after witnessing the degradation of his local environment
- He alleges up to “a third of salmon” is “processed industrial chicken … feathers, fat and the macerated beaks, claws, guts”
- He said the “industry” is “very good at silencing its critics”
Flanagan took aim at what he described the industry’s “harsh” animal management practices and the government regulation — claiming the product being sold is not as healthy as advertised and warned of what a mass expansion of the industry would bring.
Speaking on the ABC’s AM program, Flanagan said he’d been…
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