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WIN: New hermit crab book + tank top!
Plight of the Hermies and the Vegan Mermaid Warrior are excited to offer an exclusive opportunity to get your hands on an autographed copy of the brand new children’s book, Squirmy Hermie’s Heroics by Tamira Thayne and published by Who Chains You Publishing–along with one of our Hermit Crab Freedom tank tops, all for free! This new book tells the riveting adventure of the lovable Squirmy, a captive hermit crab who embarks on a journey to freedom. As I wrote in my testimonial for the book, “Readers will soak up Squirmy’s story like a sponge in water, and when they put it down, they’ll never regard hermit crabs as mere…
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Hermit Crab Industry EXPOSED for the First Time!
Just in time for summer, when beach boardwalks erupt with colorful painted shells housing delicate hermit crabs, PETA has released a new eyewitness video, revealing for the first time the horrors endured by these tiny animals between being plucked from the wild and sold to customers in tiny cages. PETA found that hermit crabs were dumped into barren pens by the thousands and denied hiding spaces and the opportunity to dig. Workers cracked open crabs’ shells with a manual lever press to force them to inhabit painted shells. HUNDREDS of dead crabs were found every day at this supplier. Take a look: Please, NEVER buy a hermit crab–only adopt a…
