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It might feel like a bleak start to 2024 but we look ahead to the progress we hope to make on further protection for decapods. This year...

One year after the launch of The Snapshot: Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare, the scores of major UK retailers and seafood...

Thank you for all your support over the last 12 months. It has been a long journey from a small group of committed volunteers who in 2017...

The Global Shrimp Forum has published a recent study into the promotion of shrimp consumption. The study highlights the changing eating...

Our Campaign Manager, Carol Lever, and Fundraising Manager, Suzanne Featherstone, were lucky enough to visit Padstow's Christmas Festival...

Christmas is the most popular occasion for purchasing live decapod crustaceans to cook and eat at home* with this year’s holiday season...

"Leave your silo at the door" is the message that greets you as you arrive at The Eden Project in Cornwall, ahead of the Anthropy 2023...

Crustacean Compassion welcome the spotlight that Open Seas is shining on the environmental impacts of the scampi industry, but we are...

The Party Conference season is over for another year – as politicians, activists and lobbyists return home from a three-week tour of...

There seems to have been a spate of opinion pieces recently about the benefits of eating seafood for people and planet. It’s seen as a...

In early September, we attended the Global Shrimp Forum 2023 in Utrecht and were delighted to see animal welfare included in the...

Since the passage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act last year, which recognises decapod crustaceans as sentient animals in UK for the...

Crustacean Compassion is pleased to announce four new directors have joined our board in a voluntary capacity, bringing with them a...

At Crustacean Compassion we talk a lot about the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, also known as the Sentience Act. The reason we talk...

Every year, more than 420 million crabs, lobsters, nephrops (langoustines), prawns and shrimp (decapod crustaceans)are landed by UK...

It is almost a year to the day since the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act gained Royal Assent and entered into law. The landmark piece of...

By answering a series of questions in parliament, the UK government has provided some clarity on the rules for killing and transporting...

Sentient by law For us, 2022 will be best remembered as the year that the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act became law - and for good...

The last time the Crustacean Compassion team were at No.10, Liz Truss was Prime Minister and there wasn’t a Christmas tree in sight. But...

Ever since huge numbers of crabs and lobsters started washing up dead and dying on the coastline of north-east England in October 2021,...

On Wednesday 12 October, the Crustacean Compassion team headed to No.10 Downing Street to deliver a letter to the new Prime Minister, Liz...

Every autumn political parties gather for their Annual Conferences. A chance for politicians and the party faithful to come together to...

September is Animal Pain Awareness Month. Despite feeling pain, animals like crabs and lobsters (decapod crustaceans) are boiled alive,...

The UK’s new Prime Minister will have a big impact on animal welfare. Find out how you can ensure they prioritise all animals!