UK Animal Welfare Act amended to recognize that crabs, octopuses and lobsters feel pain

On the 22nd (local time), the US NBC and others reported that the animal law is being amended in the UK to recognize that crabs and octopuses have cognitive abilities. According to foreign media, the British Animal Welfare Act, which is being revised after Brexit, will be added to include cephalopod mollusks and decapods as “sentient beings” that can feel pain. Representative cephalopods include octopus and squid, and decapods include crab, lobster, and shrimp. As it is recommended that creatures defined as cognitive beings be humanely slaughtered by trained technicians, norms related to cephalopods and decapods are likely to be further derived. In the previous law, only vertebrates were recognized as cognitive beings. This revision is a work that will serve as a cornerstone for actual improvement of animal rights, and a committee will be formed to carry out specific policies based on the revised bill in the future. Main article 4,116 new ...