It will be illegal to boil your live lobsters and crabs and octopi

[seekingthetruth 1,246]

It took 300 studies to figure out that they don't like being boiled alive?  According to Roarke on Yellowstone, fish don't feel pain from the hook, but I think more government studies are needed.

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Debate around whether these creatures are sentient or not has long existed.
Boiling lobsters alive is set to be made illegal in the UK following scientific evidence that they experience pain.

Research by the London School of Economics and Political Science discovered that lobsters, octopuses and crabs experience significant pain, distress and harm.

This will now be an amendment to the Animal Welfare Bill, allowing them to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law.

"After reviewing over 300 scientific studies, we concluded that cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans should be regarded as sentient, and should therefore be included within the scope of animal welfare law," said Dr Jonathan Birch, associate professor at LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.

The debate around whether these creatures are sentient or not has long existed, despite the fact that they have central nervous systems - a factor that typically equals sentiency.

 

More......

https://www.her.ie/news/boiling-lobsters-alive-set-become-illegal-uk-540750

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Of note, "octopus" is not Latin, but Greek.  Accordingly, the accurate plural (that is, >1 octopus) should be "octopodia."  (Aren't you glad that you all asked?)

[TBoneTX 45,288]

5 hours ago, seekingthetruth said:

crabs

"Waiter!  Do you serve crabs here?"

"Why, yes, sir -- we serve anybody."

[Dashinka 24,494]

6 hours ago, seekingthetruth said:

It took 300 studies to figure out that they don't like being boiled alive?  According to Roarke on Yellowstone, fish don't feel pain from the hook, but I think more government studies are needed.

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Debate around whether these creatures are sentient or not has long existed.
Boiling lobsters alive is set to be made illegal in the UK following scientific evidence that they experience pain.

Research by the London School of Economics and Political Science discovered that lobsters, octopuses and crabs experience significant pain, distress and harm.

This will now be an amendment to the Animal Welfare Bill, allowing them to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law.

"After reviewing over 300 scientific studies, we concluded that cephalopod molluscs and decapod crustaceans should be regarded as sentient, and should therefore be included within the scope of animal welfare law," said Dr Jonathan Birch, associate professor at LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science.

The debate around whether these creatures are sentient or not has long existed, despite the fact that they have central nervous systems - a factor that typically equals sentiency.

 

More......

https://www.her.ie/news/boiling-lobsters-alive-set-become-illegal-uk-540750

Hmm, one wonders if a fetus feels pain.  

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

Boiling anything alive seems unnecessarily cruel

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Still waiting for upvotes on the TWO eminently upvotable posts above...

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

1 minute ago, TBoneTX said:

Still waiting for upvotes on the TWO eminently upvotable posts above...

See me at 1300 hours 26Nov21

[TBoneTX 45,288]

See you in VJ jail 25Nov21

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

3 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

See you in VJ jail 25Nov21

So you going to suspended for not giving you upvotes. Don't think so 

[Ban Hammer 13,337]

36 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

So you going to suspended for not giving you upvotes. Don't think so 

maybe you need to upgrade from silicon to witness protection................

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

5 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Boiling anything alive seems unnecessarily cruel

So does killing any animals for consumption.  Why not just go to the grocery store where they MAKE those burgers and steaks?

[TBoneTX 45,288]

33 minutes ago, LIBrty4all said:

So does killing any animals for consumption.  Why not just go to the grocery store where they MAKE those burgers and steaks?

For ultimate efficiency, why not skip the killing and shopping (which implies cooking, which = work) and simply go to a restaurant?

[LIBrty4all 3,749]

Just now, TBoneTX said:

For ultimate efficiency, why not skip the killing and shopping (which implies cooking, which = work) and simply go to a restaurant?

Ummm, silly chimp, restaurants don't MAKE the meat, they buy it from the grocers where it's made.  Duh!

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Ummm, silly inferior primate, think macrosituationally.

[seekingthetruth 1,246]

6 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Boiling anything alive seems unnecessarily cruel

Except for witches.