Boiling Lobsters Alive is Illegal…in the USA?
2024 Update: For those who won’t read to the end, please note this is a brief post about how…IN THEORY…you could violate US laws without realizing it. This is an absurd example to illustrate the point. Please don’t reach out to us to report your neighbor’s lobster boil (you little narc, you). We don’t care how you, or anyone else, prepares their lobsters. Carry on, freedom-lovers!
Much ado was recently made about Switzerland banning boiling lobsters alive. The internet lit up with discussions about how to ethically cook a delicious lobster and whether or not lobsters feel pain. People love lobsters both alive and on a plate. For those who love them on a plate, there was plenty of outrage that a country would ban such a practice. Sources in Maine tell me there is no other way to prepare a lobster.
Switzerland is not the first to ban the practice. In fact, boiling lobsters alive has been outlawed in the United States since at least 1999. [Read more…] about Lobster Law 101
