Friday 26 November 2021

Wildlife

Seafood Distress

It may one day be illegal to boil lobsters and crabs alive after a new report claims they and other types of popular seafood have the capacity to feel pain. A British government study concludes that those animals can not only experience pain, but they also suffer distress when harmed. “After reviewing over 300 scientific studies, we concluded that cephalopod mollusks and decapod crustaceans (octopuses and squids) should be regarded as sentient, and should therefore be included within the scope of animal welfare law,” said lead investigator Jonathan Birch of The London School of Economics Center’s Foundations of Animal Sentience project.



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