(ANSA) - Rome, June 16 - Lobsters mustn't be kept in ice
because they suffer too much, Italy's top court said Friday.
The Cassation Court upheld an animal rights group's
complaint against a restaurateur at Campi Bisenzio near Florence
who kept lobsters packed in ice with their claws tied.
The ruling, which sets a precedent, found that it was not
"common practice" to store the animals like this, while it was
acceptable behaviour to boil them alive.
The court ordered damages paid to the rights group, the
anti-vivisection league (LAV).
Lobsters mustn't be kept in ice - court
But OK to boil them alive