Letter: Hunting the lobster
Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Sir: How right you are to publish letters highlighting the barbarity of humans in their treatment of living things (27 July). Certainly we should pity the fox, the lobster and even the common housefly, but I am surprised that none of your readers has drawn attention to the greatest cruelty of all.
Without protest from any quarter, we repeatedly rear a huge variety of species, wrench them from their main source of sustenance, display and sell them without even bothering to kill them. We take them home, hack them to pieces and boil them alive, and sometimes even eat them raw. I refer, of course, to vegetables.
WILLIAM SALAMAN
Nantwich,
Cheshire
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments