> Dave Arnold, another favorite writer of mine, has a solution to this problem: clove oil anesthetizes lobsters (and fish). Clove oil, knife through the head, then boil.
Or, you know, don’t kill them.
Not sure why this idea is still considered extreme. Why harm fellow creatures when it is simply unnecessary?
As Tolstoy wrote[1],
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."
Or, you know, don’t kill them.
Not sure why this idea is still considered extreme. Why harm fellow creatures when it is simply unnecessary?
As Tolstoy wrote[1],
"A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."
[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=iucmAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA43