The UK government’s new animal welfare strategy takes aim at the live boiling of crabs and other decapods, but will there really be a ban?

Boiling live lobsters and crabs will be banned by the government under reforms to animal rights. In its new animal welfare strategy for England, published on Monday, the government said that “live ...

The UK is moving to outlaw boiling lobsters, crabs and other crustaceans alive, framing "live boiling" as an unacceptable killing method under a new animal welfare strategy, with implementation ...

England is proposing a unique, new animal welfare plan that protects one animal in particular: the humble lobster. The proposal is actually part of the government’s Animal Welfare Strategy for England ...