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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago

New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings

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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings

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haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago
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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, and Crabs as Sentient Beings
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New Zealand officially recognizes lobsters, octopuses, and crabs as sentient beings, leading to changes in commercial fishing.

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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    New Zealander here. I’ve heard nothing of this and it’s been a slow news week.

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      Now that the bird of the century elections are over, I guess it’s hard to get excited about anything else the rest of the year.

    • RegalPotoo@lemmy.world
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      Also a New Zealander, looks like the “news” site is confusing New Zealand and the UK?

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Welfare_(Sentience)_Act_2022

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