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Switzerland rules lobsters must be stunned before boiling
Lobsters “will now have to be stunned before they are put to death,” the government order read.
According to Swiss public broadcaster RTS, only electric shock or the “mechanical destruction” of the lobster’s brain will be accepted methods of stunning the animals once the new rule takes affect.
Animal rights advocates and some scientists argue that lobsters and other crustaceans have sophisticated nervous systems and likely feel significant pain when boiled alive.
So, instead of boiling them alive, they must be electrocuted, or have their brains mechanically destroyed.
It's a shame baby humans are not given the same consideration.
Lobsters “will now have to be stunned before they are put to death,” the government order read.
According to Swiss public broadcaster RTS, only electric shock or the “mechanical destruction” of the lobster’s brain will be accepted methods of stunning the animals once the new rule takes affect.
Animal rights advocates and some scientists argue that lobsters and other crustaceans have sophisticated nervous systems and likely feel significant pain when boiled alive.
So, instead of boiling them alive, they must be electrocuted, or have their brains mechanically destroyed.
It's a shame baby humans are not given the same consideration.