12月23日，据多家外媒报道，根据英国环境、食品与农村事务部近日发布的一份战略文件，将活龙虾放入沸水中烹煮的做法将被视为违法。
Boiling lobsters while they are alive and conscious will be banned as part of a government strategy to improve animal welfare in England.
图源：美联社
文件指出，对包括龙虾在内的十足目甲壳类动物而言，“活体煮沸并非可接受的致死方式”。十足目甲壳类是甲壳动物纲中的一个目，约占其物种总数的三分之一，包括龙虾、刺龙虾和螃蟹等，他们都将迎来更人道的处理方式。
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.
该禁令生效后，英国将加入瑞士、挪威和新西兰等少数几个禁止此类做法的国家之列。届时，在烹饪活龙虾时，必须先将其冷冻，或使用电击装置进行电击致昏处理。
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.
来源：卫报 今日俄罗斯RT 每日邮报
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