

Professor Culum Brown on protecting decapods in scientific research
It's a little known fact that live decapod crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters are used in scientific experimentation, particularly in fundamental neurological and biochemical research, and in work aimed at maximising production in the food industry. However, in the UK they currently receive no legal animal welfare protection in scientific procedures. At the end of 2020, Australia's national science agency CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation