Boiling lobsters while they are alive and conscious will be banned as part of a government strategy to improve animal welfare in England.

Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published.

The practice is already illegal in Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. Animal welfare charities say that stunning lobsters with an electric gun or chilling them in cold air or ice before boiling them is more humane.

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[–] -5 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Imagine how vegans must feel about the world lol

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago

    Vegans don't care about the natural world with regards to suffering caused by the natural world itself. That's just how things are.

    Vegans instead are more interested in suffering caused by humans inflicted on the natural world. This suffering can be more or less wicked than what you'd find out in the wild.

    Big distinction.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Inb4 plants feel just as much pain, just differently

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Yeah but they are masochists and they like it.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    In that moral framework ig fruits and veggies would be fine since the plant wants us to eat it

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