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Boiling lobsters alive to be banned under new UK bill
nypost.com ^ | July 7, 2021 | Natalie O'Neill

Posted on 07/09/2021 7:46:30 AM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: britishcooking; lobsters; unitedkingdom
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To: BBQToadRibs2

Awesome movie. Gorilla had quite the moves in That epic battle lol


41 posted on 07/09/2021 8:44:55 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: lowbridge
Oysters are mollusks. (Pretty sure about that.) I guess you can't eat them raw (yes, they should be live when you eat them raw).

I'd probably be thrown in jail for the atrocities I have committed against lobsters. Slicing in half and putting them directly on the grill with claws moving. Allowing my dogs play with them on the kitchen floor. And normal cooking via live steaming, via boiling and covered seaweed beneath a fire pit on the beach. The latter most being a really slow and terribly painful way to go. I know for a fact since I have heard lobsters scream in agony.

42 posted on 07/09/2021 8:51:05 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: lowbridge

This just in: UK to ban boiling water because bacteria have feelings too


43 posted on 07/09/2021 8:51:27 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: lowbridge

Good.


44 posted on 07/09/2021 8:51:40 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: lowbridge

Lobstercules is not amused...


45 posted on 07/09/2021 8:52:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Vision

Let’s not forget that the Chinese eat everything, so don’t rule out the latter.


46 posted on 07/09/2021 9:11:24 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: lowbridge

But moslems can still slaughter animals in a barbaric and inhumane way.


47 posted on 07/09/2021 9:40:50 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: dfwgator
And then when there were no crawdads...we ate sand.

You ate what?

We ate sand.

48 posted on 07/09/2021 9:53:27 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: paulcissa
I thought the practice of disemboweling the sheep while alive ...

Whatever gave you that idea? They have their throats cut and are bled out. Bad enough, but not nearly disemboweling level.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halal#Method_of_slaughter

49 posted on 07/09/2021 10:24:55 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: lowbridge

Hopefully, this legislation will not apply to politicians.


50 posted on 07/09/2021 10:26:19 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: lowbridge

Yeah, it’s kinder to take minutes stabbing them enough to kill them than to plunge them into boiling water for the seconds it takes for them to die!


51 posted on 07/09/2021 3:02:34 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: ConservativeInPA
I know for a fact since I have heard lobsters scream in agony.

That "scream" is the liquid in lobster innards turning to steam and escaping openings, like a teakettle boiling.

52 posted on 07/09/2021 3:10:32 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: lowbridge

Larry the Lobster on SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HaXNlT8qpA


53 posted on 07/09/2021 8:05:53 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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