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.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    I’ve seen crabs boiled alive, and shellfish like clams and oysters are steamed alive.

    With the crabs you can snip them between the eyes for a quick death but I’m not sure what to do for a clam

    • cheesybuddha@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I could be wrong, but I don’t believe that crabs flesh contains the enzymes that break it down the way lobsters do. I do believe you can buy fresh, dead crab at some markets.

      But you should definitely kill any living ones before boiling