Do you ever get that feeling of dread in the pit of your stomach when you start to approach the live lobster tank at your local grocery store? No matter how many times you have walked past that tank and how "normalized it's supposed to be to observe such a sight, you know that it feels just plain wrong. To see those vulnerable animals made defenseless by crude bands placed around their claws, piled up on top of each other with no means of escape is an incredibly cruel practice that needs to come to an end.

Concerned citizens like yourself as well as members of the scientific community are beginning to speak up for the voiceless like never before. Circus elephants are being freed from their lives of servitude and confinement, more and more wild animals are being protected from hunting, and the grim nature of the meat and dairy industries are prompting heightened demands for humane conditions as well as inspiring plant-based lifestyles.

This is another important issue that you have the power to elicit positive change. It might seem like a huge endeavor to end this long-standing form of cruelty but with enough contenders, it can be done.  The CEO of Whole Foods, a multi-billion dollar company, recently ended the sale of live lobsters in their stores after determining that the requirements to meet ethical standards of lobsters could not be reached. They now will only sell frozen, raw, or cooked lobster via a New England company that adheres to their strict guidelines on the ethical treatment of seafood.

In their natural environment, these crustaceans live solitary lives and are quite sensitive to the slightest change in temperature.  Does it seem right to you that these animals are ripped from their natural habitat, travel for great lengths of time, and then housed in unsanitary conditions with a bunch of other traumatized lobsters? On top of that, they are all inevitably unceremoniously boiled to death where death is not even immediate.

if you agree that this cruel, out-dated practice needs to finally come to an end, please make your voice count and sign and share this petition.  We can create positive change in the lives of animals if we speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Thank you.