The Swiss government’s recent ban on boiling lobsters alive may have had some Maritimers chuckling, but one researcher said there’s merit to the move, and that it’s “very likely” lobsters feel pain.
Robert Elwood, professor emeritus of animal behaviour at Queen’s University in Northern Ireland, has spent more than a decade researching the issue.Â
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