Ministers are planning to ban boiling lobsters alive as they look to extend new animal sentience laws to include crustaceans. The Government's new Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament and will recognise animals as sentient beings, currently only covers vertebrates. Boiling lobsters alive is already illegal in some countries like Switzerland, Norway and New ZealandBoiling lobsters alive is already illegal in some countries like Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. The Government is talking to the catering and restaurant industries about other alternative methods of killing lobsters, including stunning with electricity and chilling with ice. The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, which counts Mrs Johnson as one of its patrons, had urged ministers to include the animals in the legislation.

Source: Daily Mail July 07, 2021 09:57 UTC