Store sells shrink wrapped crabs...alive

[Catherine]

Quote:"the RSPCA told several outlets that crabs are exempt from the U.K.'s 2006 Animal Welfare Law, so it's entirely legal to package them alive."

Sometimes I think groups like the RSPCA have forgotten their mandate. Even if crabs are not protected by law, they should be defending them from abuse. If the RSPCA only goes as far as the existing laws then they fail to protect all animals. If they exclude some animals from their protection then they have chosen to see some animals as less valuable. That is a violation of any mandate to protect animals.