Lobsters must be stunned, govt says

Switzerland has banned the common culinary practice of throwing fresh lobsters into boiling water as part of an overhaul of its animal protection rules. Lobsters “will now have to be stunned before they are put to death,” the government order read. The Swiss are not alone in trying to protect lobsters from what activists call cruel treatment. Italy’s highest court ruled in June that lobsters must not be kept on ice in restaurants because it causes them unjustifiable suffering.