The past two months have seen decapods all over the media. In June there was a flurry of news that lobsters and octopuses could feel pain and needed protection. Reports from BBC News, The Guardian, and the Metro bought decapods into the public eye. Not long after, on the 7th July, The Times revealed that the government are planning to include decapod crustaceans in animal welfare legislation. Following this, our media spokesperson, co-founder and co-director Maisie Tomlinson

Decapods at Westminster On the 6th July last week, we held an event outside Westminster whilst the Grand Committee debated the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in the House of Lords. We were there to show our support of amendments to the Bill which had been put forward so that decapod crustaceans (and cephalopod molluscs) could be included in its protections. We weren’t there alone... We were joined by some very special Crustacean Compassion supporters who dressed up in fabulo