01-12-2018, 04:35 PM
Switzerland has acted to improve its animal welfare laws. In particular boiling live lobsters will not be permitted. Any mistreatment of crustaceans will not be permitted. There are other changes in the new laws, but this one will have impact.
http://www.dw.com/en/switzerland-bans-bo...a-42104175
Good for Switzerland. They are addressing an issue that should have been considered years ago. Right now crustaceans are held on ice and shipped on ice. This practice is very cruel. After days of what amounts to torture, lobsters can look forward to a terrible death. I am proud of Switzerland that they have taken a stand against lobster abuse. For too long lobsters were not considered to feel pain or have feelings. This new law is a recognition of our new understanding of the nature of lobsters.
To have even one country do this challenges all other countries to do as well.
http://www.dw.com/en/switzerland-bans-bo...a-42104175
Good for Switzerland. They are addressing an issue that should have been considered years ago. Right now crustaceans are held on ice and shipped on ice. This practice is very cruel. After days of what amounts to torture, lobsters can look forward to a terrible death. I am proud of Switzerland that they have taken a stand against lobster abuse. For too long lobsters were not considered to feel pain or have feelings. This new law is a recognition of our new understanding of the nature of lobsters.
To have even one country do this challenges all other countries to do as well.
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Catherine
