You can usually euthanize the lobster before cooking it by spiking it at the top of its head, or by freezing it. At some point, there’s a personal decision to

You can usually euthanize the lobster before cooking it by spiking it at the top of its head, or by freezing it. At some point, there’s a personal decision to be made as to whether the inhumanity of eating a crustacean that was alive shortly before cooking is any different than the inhumanity of predator-prey relationships in the wild.