Stop the Sale of Live Lobsters at HyVee

To:  HyVee grocery stores

We, the undersigned, kindly request that HyVee discontinue the practice of selling live lobsters at all of their grocery stores.

Lobsters are traditionally prepared by steaming or boiling them alive, thereby causing them unthinkable pain. According to University of Pennsylvania neurobiologist Tom Abrams, lobsters have "a full array of senses." And Dr. Jaren Horsley, an invertebrate zoologist at the National Zoo, has found that lobsters have a "sophisticated nervous system," which allows them to feel and suffer pain. Too add to this suffering, lobsters are kept in small, crowded tanks with their claws banded, sometimes for long periods of time, while they await their fates.

This suffering of lobsters for the sake of human consumption is completely unnecessary and should not be tolerated. We ask that HyVee demonstrate their compassion towards these unfortunate creatures and discontinue the sale of them in their stores.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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