About Us
Crustacean Compassion is an animal welfare organisation dedicated to obtaining full legal protection for decapod crustaceans. We are a group of professional animal welfare campaigners who are shocked by the inhumane treatment of crabs, lobsters, prawns and crayfish in the food industry, given what is now known about their sentience. We began our campaign when we heard that crabs were being sold alive fully immobilised in shrinkwrap in UK supermarkets; and that the RSPCA were powerless to act as the animals were not covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Press releases
CRUSTACEAN COMPASSION MARKS 10 YEARS OF WELFARE WINS WITH CLAW-SOME...
London, 10 June - Animal welfare charity Crustacean Compassion is marking a decade of campaigning for crabs, lobsters and prawns with a day of... read more
10.06.2026 • By Crustacean Compassion
UK RETAILERS RACE AHEAD OF LIVE BOILING BAN TO PROTECT CRUSTACEAN WELFARE
London, March 2026 - The days of seeing live crabs and lobsters for sale in UK shops may soon be over, as new figures reveal that most major... read more
25.03.2026 • By Crustacean Compassion
Industry and welfare groups unite to support transition away from live...
Seafood companies trading in decapod crustaceans are facing a changing legal landscape, as the UK Government has confirmed in its newly published... read more
23.12.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
Campaigners celebrate animal welfare win to ban boiling crabs and...
Animal welfare organisation Crustacean Compassion has welcome d today’s announcement in the Government’s published Animal Welfare Strategy that... read more
22.12.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
CAMPAIGNERS REACH BOILING POINT WITH CRUEL TREATMENT OF CRABS AND LOBSTERS
London, Tuesday 21 October 2025 – Animal welfare campaigners have reached boiling point over the mistreatment of crabs and lobsters, calling on... read more
21.10.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
Experts gather to highlight the plight of the last animal unprotected...
An unusual gathering of experts and professionals from the world of science, the seafood industry, ocean conservation, animal welfare and even... read more
09.06.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
Home Office under pressure to protect crabs and lobsters in laboratories
Today campaigners gathered outside the Home Office to demand the Secretary of State, Yvette Cooper take immediate action to give decapod... read more
24.04.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
Supermarkets act on lobster cruelty - but major brands still allow...
From boiling alive to freezing and live dismemberment, outdated methods of killing crabs and lobsters are being rejected by major supermarkets... read more
12.03.2025 • By Crustacean Compassion
New lobster welfare codes let food industry off the hook
Animal welfare organisation Crustacean Compassion has hit out at the UK seafood industry over new voluntary codes of practice released last week,... read more
07.08.2024 • By Crustacean Compassion
CRAB AND LOBSTER WELFARE TAKES A STEP FORWARD WITH FIRST UK SUPERMARKET...
Companies face first assessment of welfare standards for crabs, lobsters and prawns since the y were legally recognised as sentient and able to... read more
25.01.2023 • By Crustacean Compassion
