英國：將禁止將活龍蝦直接投入沸水烹煮

12月23日，據多家外媒報道，根據英國環境、食品與農村事務部近日發布的一份戰略文件，將活龍蝦放入沸水中烹煮的做法將被視為違法。

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

圖源：美聯社

文件指出，對包括龍蝦在內的十足目甲殼類動物而言，“活體煮沸并非可接受的致死方式”。十足目甲殼類是甲殼動物綱中的一個目，約占其物種總數的三分之一，包括龍蝦、刺龍蝦和螃蟹等，他們都將迎來更人道的處理方式。

A new strategy issued today says that the tradition of dispatching the delicious crustaceans in scalding water "is not an acceptable killing method".

And the ban is not limited to the large clawed crustaceans. Decapods including shrimp and prawn, and cephalopod molluscs like squid and octopus will also have to face a more humane end.

該禁令生效后，英國將加入瑞士、挪威和新西蘭等少數幾個禁止此類做法的國家之列。屆時，在烹飪活龍蝦時，必須先將其冷凍，或使用電擊裝置進行電擊致昏處理。

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.

來源：衛報 今日俄羅斯RT 每日郵報

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