is it cruelty to animals to drop a live lobster into a boiling pot of water?
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i didn't know that's how they are usually cooked
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i don't eat lobster but i couldn't do it
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ninalanyon · 61-69, T
[quote]In Switzerland, throwing lobsters alive into boiling water has been banned for several years. Instead, the animals are required to be stunned. "Numerous studies show that lobsters, like other animals, feel pain and stress," said the Swiss food safety agency spokesperson. It made Switzerland the first country to ban the animal-unfriendly practice by law.
In Austria and New Zealand, live, and unanaesthetised cooking of crustaceans is also illegal. Whether or not to cook lobsters alive is also on the agenda in the UK. It was prompted by a study by the London School of Economics (LSE), which provided solid scientific evidence that decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs are sentient. [/quote]
https://www.belganewsagency.eu/cooking-a-lobster-alive-whether-this-is-legal-depends-on-where-in-europe-you-are-cooking
In Austria and New Zealand, live, and unanaesthetised cooking of crustaceans is also illegal. Whether or not to cook lobsters alive is also on the agenda in the UK. It was prompted by a study by the London School of Economics (LSE), which provided solid scientific evidence that decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs are sentient. [/quote]
https://www.belganewsagency.eu/cooking-a-lobster-alive-whether-this-is-legal-depends-on-where-in-europe-you-are-cooking
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
@ninalanyon How do you anesthetize a lobster?
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Nitedoc You don't. You just kill it quickly. The same general idea as killing cattle with a captive bolt gun. See, for instance, https://www.kcm-catering-equipment.co.uk/acatalog/Crustastun-Crustacean-Stunner-16552.html
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
@ninalanyon You're story said it's illegal to cook an unanaesthetised lobster in Australia and New Zealand. I was just wondering how they expect you to do that.
ninalanyon · 61-69, T
@Nitedoc I have no idea.
Nitedoc · 51-55, M
@ninalanyon I don't think they do either.