Lobsters are Sentient

[TheGoldStandard]

nah.

I only come here when I'm looking for something different.

Haha

 

[NAOS]

Apparently the UK has passed a law that protects sentient animals. And apparently lobsters are among said sentient animals.

Lobsters, Crabs and Octopuses Will Now Receive Welfare Protection as 'Sentient Beings' in the U.K.

The report outlines recommendations for best practices to reduce animal cruelty and suffering

www.smithsonianmag.com

To be fair this refers mostly to how the animals are treated as they have been determined to feel pain, so they need to be kept and slaughtered humanely.

Still found the basic premise to be interesting. Apparently according to their rules, an animal must have a complex nervous system and be able to feel pain to be sentient. I always thought the bar was a little higher than that.

The bar should be set much lower.

 

[Rubashov]

Apparently the UK has passed a law that protects sentient animals. And apparently lobsters are among said sentient animals.

Lobsters, Crabs and Octopuses Will Now Receive Welfare Protection as 'Sentient Beings' in the U.K.

The report outlines recommendations for best practices to reduce animal cruelty and suffering

www.smithsonianmag.com

To be fair this refers mostly to how the animals are treated as they have been determined to feel pain, so they need to be kept and slaughtered humanely.

Still found the basic premise to be interesting. Apparently according to their rules, an animal must have a complex nervous system and be able to feel pain to be sentient. I always thought the bar was a little higher than that.

Now Im looking buying seafood. thanks

 

[LogGrad98]

Now Im looking buying seafood. thanks

You can't eat them, they might be your new neighbors soon.

 

[Red]

 

[Rubashov]

You can't eat them, they might be your new neighbors soon.

I can think of a couple of my neighbours I'd boil alive...

 

[Gameface]

This thread is a pretty good place to mention some really good sci-fi books that sort of kind of are related to this.

Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky

and

Children of Ruin by Adrian Tchaikovsky

I listened to the audiobook vs reading them and the narrator is awesome, so if you're into audiobooks this is a good one for that.

 

[Gameface]

I don't think this means that you can't eat lobsters in the UK, it just means they need to be treated humanely which probably means cooking them alive isn't okay.

 

[Scat]

 

[Gameface]

Sorry man, I'm not into snuff films.

 

[LogGrad98]

This is how I do it, but not so rough. Best to go straight in then rock the blade forward. This was pretty messy. Normally it isn't that messy.

 

[JazzGal]

I will never eat lobster again after that video. Please never show a video of a cow or chicken being killed. I am not ready to be a vegetarian.

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