Lobster

Lobsters, octopi, crabs recognised as ‘sentient beings’ by UK bill

A bill aiming to respect the sentience of animals, recognising they can feel pleasure and pain, has been extended from vertebrate animals to include decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs.

Italian court rules on the last moments before a lobster is cooked

Judges accepted a complaint by an animal rights group against a restaurant who kept lobsters on ice instead of an oxygenated tank before cooking.