Decapods – crabs, lobsters, shrimp and crayfish; Cephalopod cephalopods – octopuses, squids and cuttlefish – have a complex central nervous system, which is one of the key features of their ability to experience various feelings.
Now, for example, there is a ban on de-clawing crabs and a ban on the sale of live crabs and lobsters to “untrained and inexperienced” handlers. It is also proposed to ban processing and preparation methods such as live dismemberment and boiling without prior electric shock, if other humane alternatives exist.
In Switzerland and New Zealand, at the beginning of 2018, a ban on boiling crustaceans alive was introduced for humanitarian reasons. Requires that no ice or ice water be used when transporting or storing live lobsters, crabs and crayfish. You can’t cook them alive either: before putting them in the pan, the cook must stun them, reports nat-geo.ru.
Previously in the UK, animal rights and sentience law only applied to vertebrates. Smuggling of pets is prohibited, and a separate government group is working against thefts. Training electronic collars are prohibited, and mandatory microchipping has been introduced for cats. Primates cannot be kept at home, and the participation of animals in circuses is prohibited.
And in February 2022, researchers published a paper in the online journal Knowable that described the presence of intelligence in jumping spiders. Scientists have discovered surprisingly complex forms of behavior in them.