Boiling lobsters while they are alive and conscious will be banned as part of a government strategy to improve animal welfare in England.

Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published.

The practice is already illegal in Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. Animal welfare charities say that stunning lobsters with an electric gun or chilling them in cold air or ice before boiling them is more humane.

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      I assure you I can precisely define every word I just used, and even provide corroborating third party definitions. Perhaps you are struggling under the very cognitive dissonance I mentioned. Perhaps like most people you are living in denial.