Lobsters Feel Pain Too

The Issue

Lobsters can feel pain. Their nervous system reacts to morphine the same way a humans' nervous system does. Live lobsters are being sold at restaurants, companies, grocery stores, and markets. The conditions of the live lobsters are unusually cruel and depressing. The lobsters are cooped up in a tank with their claws banded, and their antennae are trimmed. Since lobsters usually live in murky, dark places their antennae are the lobsters' way of guiding themselves and sensing dangers around them. We should not let companies and corporations sell live lobsters because it is cruel, irrational, and no human would ever wish for another human to be caged like the lobsters are while they are waiting to be killed.

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The Issue

Lobsters can feel pain. Their nervous system reacts to morphine the same way a humans' nervous system does. Live lobsters are being sold at restaurants, companies, grocery stores, and markets. The conditions of the live lobsters are unusually cruel and depressing. The lobsters are cooped up in a tank with their claws banded, and their antennae are trimmed. Since lobsters usually live in murky, dark places their antennae are the lobsters' way of guiding themselves and sensing dangers around them. We should not let companies and corporations sell live lobsters because it is cruel, irrational, and no human would ever wish for another human to be caged like the lobsters are while they are waiting to be killed.

The Decision Makers

Joseph Maree
Joseph Maree
Empowermind.com
Barbara Scully
Barbara Scully
Glidden Point Oyster Sea Farm

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Petition created on November 21, 2010