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Call for Henry the Hexapus to be freed

Mar 7 2008 Westen Mail

A SIX-LEGGED octopus found off the coast of Anglesey should be returned to the wild and not held as a “side-show freak”, an animal rights group said yesterday.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) said keeping Henry the hexapus – who was discovered in a lobster pot with two legs fewer than usual was, “exceedingly cruel”.

In an open letter to Blackpool Sea Life Centre, where Henry is now being kept, Peta’s Anita Singh said, “Octopuses are intelligent animals who feel pain, have proven problem-solving abilities and value their lives as much as we do ours.”

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