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Switzerland Bans Lobster Boiling Without Stunning or Killing Them

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday January 13 2018, @11:51AM   
from the lobster-prod dept.

takyon writes:

You can no longer boil a lobster alive in Switzerland, unless you stun it first:

The Swiss government has ordered an end to the common culinary practice of throwing lobsters into boiling water while they are still alive, ruling that they must be knocked out before they are killed.

As part of a wider overhaul of Swiss animal protection laws, Bern said that as of 1 March, "the practice of plunging live lobsters into boiling water, which is common in restaurants, is no longer permitted". Lobsters "will now have to be stunned before they are put to death," the government order read.

According to Swiss public broadcaster RTS, only electric shock or the "mechanical destruction" of the lobster's brain will be accepted methods of stunning the animals once the new rule takes affect.

Also at BBC.

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• Re:Feel good at my expense (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday January 14 2018, @08:43AM

  by c0lo (156) on Sunday January 14 2018, @08:43AM (#622126) Journal

  The Nobel peace prize exists to rebrand the reputation of Mr Nobel from an inventor of arms.

  What exactly does this have to do with Switzerland?

  Until recently, their banking system was the go to place for laundering and hiding ill gotten gains. Just ask the Germans from WWII.

  What exactly did you not understand from "I don't agree with everything Switzerland (or any country) does. I do, however, respect the fact that overall they've decided what country they want to be, and they're fairly unapologetic about aiming themselves toward that goal."?

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