大臣s will 禁止（する） lobsters from 存在 boiled alive as part of Carrie Johnson-支援するd 'animal sentience' 運動

  • 大臣s planning to 延長する new animal sentience 法律s to 含む crustaceans
  • The new 法律制定 will mean that boiling lobsters alive is going to be banned
  • 政府's sentience 法律s were 初めは only going to 適用する to vertebrates??

By Jack Maidment, 副 Political Editor For Mailonline

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大臣s are planning to 禁止（する） boiling lobsters alive as they look to 延長する new animal sentience 法律s to 含む crustaceans.

The 政府's new Animal 福利事業 (Sentience) 法案, which is 現在／一般に making its way through 議会 and will recognise animals as sentient 存在s, 現在／一般に only covers vertebrates.

But the 法律制定 will 報道によれば be 延長するd to also cover invertebrates, 正式に recognising that lobsters, crabs and octopuses feel 苦痛.??

The planned change comes after animal 福利事業 選挙運動者s, 含むing an organisation 支援するd by Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson's wife, called for the 法律s to be broadened.?

Boiling lobsters alive is already illegal in some countries like Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand

Boiling lobsters alive is already 違法な in some countries like Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand

Boiling lobsters alive is already 違法な in some countries like Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand.?

大臣s are now looking at 支援 an 改正 存在 brought 今後 in the House of Lords which would 追加する sentient 保護 for invertebrates, によれば The Times.??

The 政府 is talking to the catering and restaurant 産業s about other 代案／選択肢 methods of 殺人，大当り lobsters, 含むing 素晴らしい with electricity and 冷気／寒がらせるing with ice.

大臣s 開始する，打ち上げるd an 独立した・無所属 review last year on whether decapods and cephalopods should be recognised as sentient. It is yet to publish its findings.????????

The 保守的な Animal 福利事業 創立／基礎, which counts Mrs Johnson as one of its patrons, had 勧めるd 大臣s to 含む the animals in the 法律制定.?

It said in a 最近の 報告（する）／憶測: 'There is 十分に strong 証拠 to 結論する that both cephalopods and crustaceans are sentient.'

Maisie Tomlinson, co-director of Crustacean Compassion, said: 'It is wonderful to hear that the 政府 is planning to support the 傾向 of decapods and cephalopods in the sentience 法案.?

Animal welfare campaigners, including an organisation backed by Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson's wife, had called for the sentience laws to be broadened

Animal 福利事業 ca mpaigners, 含むing an organisation 支援するd by Carrie Johnson, Boris Johnson's wife, had called for the sentience 法律s to be broadened

'There is more than enough 証拠 for the ability of these 極度の慎重さを要する, captivating creatures to feel 苦痛 and 苦しむ.'

A spokeswoman for the Department for 環境, Food and 田舎の?事件／事情／状勢s said: 'We're proud to have some of the highest animal 福利事業 基準s in the world and we are fully committed to 強化するing them その上の to 確実にする all animals 避ける any unnecessary 苦痛, 苦しめる or 苦しむing.?

'We have （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d an 独立した・無所属 外部の review of the 利用できる 科学の 証拠 and will carefully consider the results of this review.'

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