Fat City is running a correction -- the event referenced after the jump was not sponsored by
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the killing of the lobsters was handled by the organizers of
the event, who are not affiliated with PETA. Thanks to Lindsay Rajt -- a campaigns division manager with PETA, who was quite quick to point out the error -- text from her e-mail to Fat City follows the story.
History has focused on building a better mousetrap, but one British inventor thinks he has finally discovered a better way to kill lobsters. The CrustaStun is the result of British Barrister Simon Buckhaven's belief that there had to be a more humane way to kill crustaceans than dropping them in boiling water or a putting chef's knife to their heads.
The CrustaStun looks like an oversized steel computer scanner. Inside the rectangular casing is a steel plate covered by a shallow pool of salt water. Once the lid is closed, the device sends a burst of electric current through the lobster. The current is 2 to 5 amps at 110 volts, which knocks a lobster unconscious before killing it. All of this takes less less than five seconds.
Animal activists should be pleased that lobsters will apparently be spared the pain of being boiled alive, while those more concerned with taste might be interested to know that Buckhaven says his method allows for a tastier lobster. As he told the Independent:
"It was sweeter meat and better consistency," he said. "If you eat an animal which had been under stress before it died, it affects the meat quality."The Crustastun was supposed to be unveiled at a charity event in Tucson, Arizona,
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PETA has no excuse facilitating the mass killing of lobsters. PETA speciesist ideology and campaigns should should be condemned. No "lessen the suffering" rationalization makes this injustice right. Animal rights advocates: please join me in sending your money and volunteer time to other groups!
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