Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming

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.

  • BigAssFan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Just leave these animals to live their lives however they seem fit. Without unnecessary human interference. As we do have that option.

    • Moolam@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      Dont know if you’re only referrung to lobsters or all animals but strictly speaking, humans are also animals and letting everyone live life as they see fit is already the default if you will. That includes letting people who want to cook lobsters do that

    • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      I.e. prohibit all hunted meats? Then say that. But this is not a practical solution.