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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[–] 39 points 10 months ago (9 children)

Good. This may seem like a joke now but slowly over decades people will stop doing this.

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    it'll be 80 years before this policy reaches Southeast Asia, where they are regularly cutting live frogs in half below the torso with scissors in the markets, tossing all the dying frog torsos together in a big pile. maybe 180 years actually

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

    Why do they cut them that way in particular?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    they eat the legs. some folks will cut the head off and some folks will cut down by the torso. the frog will be grabbing at the scissors uselessly. if it bites, they will snip the mouth off. its very quick. grab a frog, snip snip, toss the frog into the pile, repeat. like harvesting a plant

    why don't they all just cut at the head? i have no idea. i think the experience of the animal is simply not considered

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

    I do think the next human milestone would be to realize killing animals for sustenance is wrong, and I'm saying that as a meat eater.

    I think "decades" sadly is a bit too optimistic

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

    Most people are happy to eat alternatives provided they are as cheap and taste good. The meat industry can be killed by good vegan food.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I reckon culture-grown meat will be the big one that shifts people away from slaughter meat.

    Sure, growing it from a culture will still have people refusing on ethics grounds, but it's damned sight less suffering.

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