Petition Ban the culinary practice of boiling lobsters while still alive and conscious.

The Swiss government is banning the culinary practice of boiling lobsters while they are still conscious.

This is in response to studies that suggest lobsters have advanced nervous systems and feel pain.

Lobsters can live for up to 50 years and the practice of boiling them alive is barbaric.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_in_crustaceans

"Opinion on the aspects of the biology and welfare of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes". The EFSA Journal. European Food Safety Authority. 292: 1–46. 2005.

https://onekindplanet.org/uploads/publications/cephalopods-decapod-crustaceans.pdf

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