The United Kingdom will soon ban the boiling of live crabs and lobsters after the government agreed with a recent study that crustaceans can feel pain and joy, according to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald and dpa. Octopuses, crabs and lobsters have feelings too, a British study has found, prompting the government to add the animals to the list of those protected by forthcoming laws, dpa reported.

Can cabs, lobster feel pain? UK gov't says yes. (2021, November 22). The Philippine Star, p. 12.