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Boiling of live lobsters could be banned in UK under proposed legislation
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Boiling lobsters alive could be banned if ministers act on a government-commissioned report that has found crustaceans have feelings.
The study, conducted by experts from the London School of Economics (LSE) concluded there was “strong scientific evidence decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs are sentient”.
The finding follows a row over the animal welfare (sentience) bill, which recognises all vertebrates – animals with spines – as sentient beings. The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation presented its own report to the government, arguing that crustaceans and molluscs also have feelings.
This led ministers to commission an independent review of the evidence. After analysing the extensive research submissions over several months, the
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