Boiling lobsters while they are alive and conscious will be banned as part of a government strategy to improve animal welfare in England.
Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published.
The practice is already illegal in Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand. Animal welfare charities say that stunning lobsters with an electric gun or chilling them in cold air or ice before boiling them is more humane.



It literally isnt.
The definition of murder is when one human being kills another human being. It has nothing to do with animals.
So if you’re going to make up your own meaning for it and apply the term loosely to make your argument sound more dramatic then I can too.