Being

Boiled
Hurts

Let lobsters live!

Let lobsters live!
ost people feel uncomfortable

M about cooking and eating

lobsters—and for good
reason: Lobsters suffer severe and
prolonged pain when cut, broiled, or
boiled alive.

DID YOU KNOW?

 Lobsters are sensitive beings who
“... A lobster struggle against death. Dr. Jaren Horsley, an
invertebrate zoologist at the National Zoo
who is being
in Washington, states that a lobster has a
boiled “sophisticated nervous system” and feels a
great deal of pain when cut or cooked.
alive will
 Lobsters and other crustaceans are
frantically unhealthful to eat. They contain
excessive amounts of protein and
scrape the cholesterol and are often highly
contaminated with bacteria, pesticides, and
sides of the other toxins.
pot trying  Lobsters take long-distance
seasonal journeys and can cover 100
to escape miles or more each year.
the pain.  Lobsters can live 150 years or
longer if they manage to avoid the
... To me, millions of traps along the coasts.
eating a  None of us would drop a live dog
or cat into boiling water. Why should it
lobster is be any different for lobsters?
out of the
WHAT YOU CAN DO
question.” Don’t eat lobsters and other animals.
—Mary Go vegetarian. Call 1-888-VEG-FOOD
Tyler Moore for a free vegetarian starter pack.

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