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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 7 years, 2 months ago
“Evidence has shown that these water dwellers do indeed feel pain and that the inhumane way in which they are often stored, handled and slaughtered causes them suffering….In New Zealand, Norway and Switzerland, decisions have been made to include decapod crustaceans in their animal welfare legislation. In Australia, a Sydney fishmonger became the first business to be convicted of animal cruelty when it pleaded guilty to breaching the New South Wales Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in February this year, for dismembering lobsters with a band saw.”
http://www.theecologist.org/campaigning/2988717/crustacean_compassion_campaigns_for_welfare_rights_for_lobsters_crabs.html?utm_content=buffer6fd4b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=bufferCrustacean Compassion campaigns for welfare rights for lobsters & crabsIf the thought of dropping a live lobster into a pan of boiling water horrifies you, then you're in good company including that of a new campaigning group that wants lobsters to be given the same animal welfare rights as other creatures. LAURA BRIGGS reports