Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticePlans to ban lobsters being boiled alive could be included in a new law, it has been reported. The Mirror revealed in 2018 that ministers were considering a ban on cooking crustaceans by boiling them alive. But they were absent from the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, currently under debate in the House of Lords, which only covers animals with a backbone. That would give them legal protection against being boiled alive, and require them to be stunned or chilled before boiling. The RSPCA, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and campaign group Crustacean Compassion have called on the Government to include invertebrates in the Animal Welfare law.

Source: Daily Mirror July 09, 2021 12:23 UTC