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Lobsters and crabs are sentient beings and shouldn't be boiled alive, UK report says
By Katie Hunt, CNN
Updated 7:12 PM ET, Mon November 22, 2021
A lobster is seen in its nest during a dive near Port Kioni in Ithaca, Greece, on August 14, 2019.
(CNN) Octopuses, crabs and lobsters are capable of experiencing pain or suffering, according to a review commissioned by the UK government, which has added the creatures to a list of sentient beings to be given protection under new animal welfare laws.
The report by experts at the London School of Economics looked at 300 scientific studies to evaluate evidence of sentience, and they concluded that cephalopods (such as octopuses, squid and cuttlefish) and decapods (such as crabs, lobsters and crayfish) should be treated as sentient beings.
Vertebrates, animals with a backbone, are already classified as sentient in new animal welfare legislation currently under debate in the United Kingdom.