With its new #AnimalWelfareStrategy the UK government has now acknowledged that boiling lobsters alive is illegal 🦞

We are delighted that the government finally agrees with our interpretation of the law.

Read the article here: vegoutmag.com/news/r-tns-u...

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This is why we’re leading the call for #OfficialGuidance for fish and decapod crustaceans.

Read more: animallawfoundation.org/crustaceans-...

#PainAtTheTimeofKilling #OffishialGuidance #AnimalProtection

Scotland leads the was on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans — Animal Law Foundation Scotland has shown what leadership looks like: combining legal clarity with compassion, ensuring that farmed fish are treated with the dignity the law already promises them. England must now follow s...

This will follow Scotland’s example with fish, see: animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #LobsterProtection #AnimalLaw

Scotland leads the way on fish welfare – now England must do the same for crustaceans 🦞

Read our latest #insight 👉 animallawfoundation.org/insights/sco...

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans

The law is the law.

Causing any avoidable pain, distress or suffering to an animal, including an invertebrate, at the time of killing is illegal under the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing Regulations 2015.

That applies to decapod crustaceans including lobsters.

#PainAtTheTimeofKilling

This is why official guidance is needed for enforcement officers and businesses alike to understand: crustaceans are protected from being boiled alive.

#AnimalLaw #AnimalProtection #PainAtTheTimeofKilling #WATOK

We'll keep you posted on our progress to protect decapod crustaceans.

Watch this space 👀

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #Crustaceans #Lobsters #Crabs

🦞💙 Lobsters may not actually mate for life, but they do deserve a lifetime of legal protection.

Learn more about their legal status and how we’re working to ensure they’re protected in practice: animallawfoundation.org/crustaceans-...

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Our letter to the government signed by over 50 scientists, academics, charities and celebrities has made headlines! 

Thank you @dailymail.co.uk and @dailyexpressnews.bsky.social for covering this important issue. 

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #AnimalLaw #Crustaceans

We have sent a letter to the government, signed by over 50 charities, legal academics, scientists and celebrities, calling on Defra to acknowledge that boiling these animals alive is contrary to the law.

#PainAtTheTimeOfKilling #AnimalProtection