People could be prosecuted for being cruel to pet spiders, octopuses and restaurant lobsters under animal welfare plans being considered by the Government....
While it is illegal to mistreat a goldfish, there is nothing to stop people mistreating pet tarantulas or lobsters kept in restaurant aquariums....
While [restaurants] would still be able to boil the crustaceans alive to kill them, they would have to make sure they are kept in clean, warm uncrowded tanks up to that point.
Ah, yes, I can see it now ...
From "A Clean, Well-Heated Tank," by Ernest Lemmingway:
"What did he want to kill himself for?"
"How should I know?"
"How did he do it?"
"He plunged into a pot of boiling water."
"Who pulled him out?"
"The cook."
"Why did they do it?"
"Twenty-three dollars a pound."
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