Les CRUSTACÉS souffrent-ils ?

Ils ont arraché toutes les pattes de cette langouste...

Ça pose la question de la sentience des arthropodes, de laquelle l'opinion publique et les professionnels de la filière semblent se moquer.

Le bénéfice du doute DOIT aller dans le sens de l’animal. Une argumentation basée sur la méconnaissance ne saurait rendre valable les mauvais traitements imposés à des animaux.

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