Animal welfare Is it wrong to boil lobsters alive? Boiling lobsters alive is already banned in Switzerland and New Zealand. Photograph: AlamyRobert Elwood once boiled a lobster alive – lobsters being one of the few creatures we eat that we are allowed to slaughter at home. Other fishmongers in the UK, not on Amazon, also courier live lobsters to people at home. Last month, Switzerland banned the practice of boiling lobsters alive, which is already illegal in New Zealand.

Source: The Guardian February 11, 2018 16:00 UTC