Boiling lobsters alive to be banned under new UK bill

nypost.com ^ | July 7, 2021 | Natalie O'Neill

[lowbridge]

Boiling lobsters alive would be banned in the United Kingdom under new legislation that protects the “welfare rights” of crustaceans and mollusks, according to a report Wednesday.

Parliament is considering updating its Animal Welfare Bill — which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones — to include invertebrates such as lobsters, crabs, octopuses and squid, according to the Evening Standard.

The bill, which is making its way through the legislature’s House of Lords, would require fishermen and chefs to stun or chill the sea creatures before boiling them, which is thought to be a more humane method of cooking.

[a fool in paradise]

>>Parliament is considering updating its Animal Welfare Bill — which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones — to include invertebrates such as lobsters, crabs, octopuses and squid, according to the Evening Standard.

does this prohibit aborting human beings?

[a fool in paradise]

so goes lobster so goes crawfish

[dfwgator]

[ConservativeMind]

I don’t understand the benefit of keeping them alive as they boil.

[BBQToadRibs2]

[Red Badger]

[dfwgator]

IIRC they voted to Save Larry.

[gundog]

And crabs.

[Red Badger]

I knew it would be you!.......................

[a fool in paradise]

Any prohibitions on the government incrementalling “boiling” the public with greater overreaching leftist policies?

[mmichaels1970]

Big win for the lobster lobby.

[gundog]

Steaming clams is probably next.

[Red Badger]

Crabs are best killed with an ice pick.

Right after you shave half your pubic hairs and set the rest on fire....................

[BookmanTheJanitor]

UK grooming gangs are still cool though?

[Vision]

Only the insane would care more about lobsters than fetuses.

[LibWhacker]

to stun or chill the sea creatures before boiling them, which is thought to be a more humane method of cooking.

Yeah, bash me in the head and throw me in boiling water. Always the way I wanted to go.

[Joe 6-pack]

Too bad the UK is free from fire ants. They would totally reconsider any rights for arthropods.

[albie]

Next they’ll require last rights administered.

[ifinnegan]

Explains the irrationality, ignorance, amorality and stupidity of the current UK.