The article does not do that good a job at explaining what the law going into affect first of March actually says. The law extends compulsory stunning ("Betäub

The article does not do that good a job at explaining what the law going into affect first of March actually says. The law extends compulsory stunning ("Betäubungspflicht") before killing, already in effect for vertebrates to certain types of crustaceans. So the lobsters will likely be still alive when thrown into boiling water but stunned with e.g. electric shock. Also the media frenzy causing lobster issue is only a part of new legislation aiming to improve conditions of animals held as pets, for sport, in laboratories or to be eaten. https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Hummer-muessen-kuenftig-vor-Kochen-betaeubt-werden/story/14589713 https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Hummer-muessen...