Lobster Institute cited in Seafood News article on proposed lobster boiling ban in UK
The Lobster Institute at the University of Maine was mentioned in a Seafood News article about the United Kingdom considering action to make it illegal to boil live lobsters. Crustacean Compassion, an animal welfare organization based in the U.K., is looking to follow Switzerland’s lead and convince government officials to ban the practice, according to the article. Scientists with the Lobster Institute say the animals aren’t developed enough to feel pain. “For an organism to perceive pain it must have a more complex nervous system,” the institute says on its website. The Portland Press Herald published the Seafood News article.