Ask your MP to back legal protection for crabs, lobsters and prawns used in UK labs

Why it's urgent

The campaign page gives no closing date or scheduled decision, so there is no fixed deadline for this action.

The strategy

An MP can raise the issue with the Home Office or in Parliament. One constituent message adds little on its own, but MPs do respond to letters from constituents, and the campaign's aim depends on many people writing.

Why it scored 50

Scale: Big

About 30,000 decapods used in UK experiments since 2018, per Crustacean Compassion (a campaigner figure we could not verify), which is under 1 million.

Severity: Serious

Bringing decapods under ethical review and licensing would be a meaningful improvement for animals in procedures, though it would not by itself end any specific procedure.

Chance of success: Long shot

The report shows no government statement or decision-maker signal in favour of adding decapods to the Act, so this is a campaign request with no stated timetable.

Your difference: Moderate

An individual letter to an MP is one of several that a campaign can send, and MPs do count constituent correspondence, so it is a useful but modest contribution.