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Live Crab Vending Machines in China
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    1. General Office of Jiangsu Provincial Government (+ 3 others)
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      • General Office of Jiangsu Provincial Government
      • Nanjing Municipality
      • General Office of Nanjing Municipal People's Government
      • Nanjing Agriculture Committee
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    Carin Zellerman
    Stockholm, Sweden
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Subway stations in Nanjing, China, are offering live crabs in automated vending machines. The Dazha hairy crabs, apparently a delicacy in the region, are packed into custom-fitted plastic boxes and chilled to 5C, leaving them sedated but still very much alive. The retailer has a sign displayed near the machine saying that customers are offered three free crabs if they happen to receive a dead one.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326157/Live-crab-vending-machines-commuters-China.html

For video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ9QHkifphk&feature=related

Wu Zhendi, general manager of Twin Lake Crab Company, says they found a way to conveniently and cheaply sell the crab, while also keeping them pretty much as fresh as possible, by keeping them alive and supplying them through a vending machine. They are selling hundreds by the day. It took them a while to manage to keep the crabs fresh and alive, but now they plan to expand the area where they are offering these vending machines. 

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Live crab vending machines in Nanjing

Dear Sir/Madam,

I was horrified to learn that subway stations in Nanjing, Jiangsu, are dispensing live crabs in vending machines for consumption (supplied by the Twin Lake Crab Company).

The live crabs are confined in restrictive plastic boxes, in near freezing temperatures, granted in a semi-hibernate state, with no food, no water, for an indefinite period of time, only to be purchased and finally consumed. For every crab who fails to survive this cruel confinement, the customer is offered three additional (live) crabs. Selling these live animals for such a cheap price may also easily encourage animal cruelty, as some people may buy the animals for malicious intent.

Crabs are intelligent animals who are capable of experiencing both fear and pain. They have the same capacity for suffering as any other sentient being. These vending machines are inhumane at the very best !

Please remove these cruel vending machines !

Sincerely,

[Your name]

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