Octopuses, crabs and lobsters recognised as sentient beings under UK law (2021)
> The review also evaluated the potential welfare implications of current commercial practices involving these animals. It recommends against declawing, nicking, eyestalk ablation, the sale of live decapod crustaceans to untrained, non-expert handlers, and extreme slaughter methods such as live boiling without stunning. It also includes suggestions for best practices for transport, stunning and slaughter.Good grief. I wish we could skip the incrementalism for once and just put an end to all animal slaughter, extreme or not.