It reminds me of the furor over slaughtering harp seal pups in 1970s Canada. We react in horror to killing mammals with those big, cute eyes while girding up with paper napkins in anticipation of eating the lobster that screams as it is put alive into boiling water. It was said to be a mammal chauvinist thing, but that rationale fails on the horsie level.
The nervous system of a lobster is far different from the nervous system of a harp seal (and I do find it repulsive to skin an animal while it's still alive, I guess that makes me an animal fasicst) or a horse for that matter. I would prefer to see humane slaughter of animals period. And yeah, I eat LOTS of meat.
susie
"in anticipation of eating the lobster that screams as it is put alive into boiling water."
You must have amazingly sharp hearing. I've boiled a lot of lobsters in my time, and haven't heard a scream yet.