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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[+] -18 points 10 months ago (10 children)

So this is an important issue ? & not the abolition of monarchy or the age-verification act ?

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

    Whataboutism masterclass right here

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

    We can never do anything except the one thing you find most pressing? We have to focus 100% of every single ressource to your specific issue?

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