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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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[–] PetteriSkaffari@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] Moolam@hilariouschaos.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Markus29@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

What about crawfish though?

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good change, as someone who's vegan.

We'll take what we can get

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[–] rossman@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I had to tactfully shame my mom for this. Asked if she wanted her end to be quick or slow. She didn't have the capacity to even think of it cause it's not a possibility. Some folks just don't really think about others in certain ways.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

I'm all for this but how are they going to enforce it on a consumer level?

[–] crispy_caesus@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Coming from Halifax, I always gave them a quick knife through head before tossing them in the pot.

Some folks said that you can also kill them relatively humanely by sticking them in the freezer.

[–] pregnantwithrage@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I would say freezing to death is not humane, slow and low (freezing) would suck way more than a quick off switch. Boiling them is just a dick move imo

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Pretty sure that a slowing metabolism in cold water is pretty usual for lobsters.

We should not humanize animals with very different live cycles. Farming figs is cruel by some measure since the fig wasps live cycle would constitute abhorrent torture by our standards.

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