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The ethics of eating octopus

The questionable ethics of eating octopus

16 January 2021

9:00 AM

16 January 2021

9:00 AM

Should the undoubted intelligence of octopuses change the way we treat them? This question has been asked a lot of late because of the documentary My Octopus Teacher.

The film is about a year-long relationship between a man and an octopus, and it takes place in a kelp bed off South Africa.

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