Ethical viewpoints Eating live seafood

sannakji live octopus has been cut small pieces , served arms still squirming.

live octopuses eaten in several countries around world, including us. animal welfare groups have objected practice on basis octopuses can experience pain. in support of this, since september 2010, octopuses being used scientific purposes in eu protected eu directive 2010/63/eu there scientific evidence of ability experience pain, suffering, distress , lasting harm. in uk, means octopuses used scientific purposes must killed humanely, according prescribed methods (known schedule 1 methods of euthanasia ).

london resident louis cole runs youtube channel in eats live seafood. guardian commented on ethical issues raised behaviour of cole that: seems objectively less cruel kill scorpion instantly rear chickens in battery cages or pigs in miserable pork farms.

the view oysters acceptable eat, strict ethical criteria, has notably been propounded in seminal 1975 text animal liberation, philosopher peter singer. however, subsequent editions have reversed position (advocating against eating oysters). singer has stated has gone , forth on over years , , of 2010 states while give them benefit of doubt, unless new evidence of capacity pain emerges, doubt slight there no reason avoiding eating sustainably produced oysters .