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'Unnecessarily cruel': U.K. weighing ban on boiling lobsters alive


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Crustaceans do not have a centralized nervous system, unlike vertebrates animals that have a backbone in their body. This means they do not die immediately from common killing methods, like plunging a knife straight into their body, said the report. In fact, most methods of slaughtering crustaceans, like boiling, gassing or drowning them are not “recommended” at all. 
“Lobsters struggle violently for approximately two minutes after being placed in boiling water before they stop moving,” reads the report, written by Stephanie Yu. 
She goes on to add that “scalding” animals to death is “unnecessarily cruel” a belief that has been echoed by other animal welfare advocates and organizations, like the U.K.-based Crustacean Compassion. ....

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