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New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings (bnnbreaking.com)
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[–] spittingimage 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

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 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] 9point6 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

~~I mean the tweet says in the UK... Not sure where OP got new Zealand from~~

Looks like it's bullshit