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    Boiling lobsters alive to be banned under new UK bill

    By Natalie O'NeillJuly 7, 2021 | 3:55pm | Updated



    Boiling lobsters alive will be banned in the United Kingdom.Alamy
    Now animal activists have their claws out over seafood.

    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.

    “There is more than enough evidence for the ability of these sensitive, captivating creatures to feel pain and suffer. They undergo appalling treatment in the food industry,” Maisie Tomlinson, co-director of the group Crustacean Compassion, which supports the bill, told the Times of London.

    But there’s some debate over whether the creatures truly experience pain — at least in the way humans feel it.

    “Crustaceans have long been viewed as maintaining reflexes that do not cause internal suffering, which would mean they do not truly feel pain,” according to the environmental science center envirobites.org. “In some animals the ‘pain’ signal never reaches the brain and therefore the reflex reaction is kept separate from a pain-induced reaction.”

    Boiling lobsters and other crustaceans alive is already illegal in countries such as Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand.

    https://nypost.com/2021/07/07/uk-bil...obsters-alive/

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    Thump in head before boil?

    Pretty soon they will be coming for beef, chicken, pork......

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    The UK must have solved a lot of Level 1 and Level 2 problems to finally get down to solving a Level 83 problem like lobster screams...
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    defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones

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    The poor minnow actually looks like it's screaming. The lobster looks like he's going to the spa.
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    I guess exterminators in the UK are concerned?

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    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    “There is more than enough evidence for the ability of these sensitive, captivating creatures to feel pain and suffer. They undergo appalling treatment in the food industry,” Maisie Tomlinson, co-director of the group Crustacean Compassion, which supports the bill, told the Times of London.
    I have always used these words to describe lobsters.

    Also crustacean compassion sounds like a super creepy organization.

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    "which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones"

    So, boiling politicians would still be okay?

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    "which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones"

    So, boiling politicians would still be okay?

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    Twice

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    Three times wouldn't be too many...

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    They need to develop their dentistry before worrying about screaming lobsters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scdiver View Post
    Thump in head before boil?

    Pretty soon they will be coming for beef, chicken, pork......
    You boil a live cow?

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    Does this apply to mudbugs too?
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Saltydog235 View Post
    Does this apply to mudbugs too?
    It would have to I'd imagine.
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    Anybody who thinks crabs don't feel pain has never stuffed a dozen lively ones into the boil pot.

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    Someone remind these fuckers of this dumbass idea when there is a sudden uptick in food poisoning cases in Britain.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bownut View Post
    "which defends against the inhumane treatment of creatures with backbones"

    So, boiling politicians would still be okay?
    HOF level shit right there…..
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    Only thing we need to be wearing in this country are ass whippings & condoms. That'll clear up half our issues.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GMAC View Post
    Anybody who thinks crabs don't feel pain has never stuffed a dozen lively ones into the boil pot.
    I kill and clean my crabs before I boil them.
    Throw them in a plastic tub, stick'em in the head to kill then clean and spray with water hose.
    Easy to do and much easier to eat without all the nasty mess.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scatter shot View Post
    I kill and clean my crabs before I boil them.
    Throw them in a plastic tub, stick'em in the head to kill then clean and spray with water hose.
    Easy to do and much easier to eat without all the nasty mess.
    Where the hell exactly is the head of a crab?

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