A Nova Scotia Community College culinary instructor in Cape Breton is teaching his students to cook and kill lobsters more humanely.
England is banning boiling lobsters alive as part of its Animal Welfare Act
Gabrielle McLeod · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 18, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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England is banning boiling lobsters alive as part of its Animal Welfare Act. (Jane Robertson/CBC)
A Nova Scotia Community College culinary instructor in Cape Breton is teaching his students to cook and kill lobsters more humanely.
Adam White, who works at the NSCC Sydney Waterfront Campus, was a chef for 15 years and has been a culinary instructor for 20 years.
He said he decided to teach his students a method based on studies out of England, which in December announced a measure to be implemented by 2030 that will ban the practice of boiling lobsters alive.
“One way or the other, we’re going to be boiling or killing these animals to consume them,” said White, adding it’s important to do that humanely.
The English boil ban will complement the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act passed in that country in 2022 that recognizes all decapod crustaceans,
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