VICTORY!! COMMUNITY NATURAL FOODS OFFICIALLY AGREED TO STOP SELLING LIVE ANIMALS AND THE TANKS ARE GONE!! THIS IS A MASSIVE WIN FOR THESE CREATURES AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED THAT WE SECURED THIS CHANGE TOGETHER!! LET US KEEP STAYING VIGILANT TO ENSURE THEY STICK TO THIS NEW COMMITMENT FOREVER!!
August 16, 2016
Community Natural Foods: Stop selling live animals, including lobsters, crabs, fish, etc.
Final supporters
To: Garry Wilkes, owner of Community Natural Foods;
As ethical consumers, we have regarded Community Natural Foods as an ethically-conscious local store, and therefore have been long-term and loyal customers of your business, giving it priority and preference over other businesses.
We are deeply disappointed with your decision to sell live lobsters. Keeping lobsters in a small, crowded tank with their claws tied up, only to be sold and boiled alive is extremely inhumane. Evidence shows that lobsters have complex emotional lives, as well as sophisticated nervous systems.
According to many academic studies, this method of selling live lobsters is widely regarded by the scientific community as unnecessary torture. Contrary to popular belief, scientific studies have consistently determined that marine crustaceans, such as lobsters and crabs, commonly sold alive for seafood purposes, can and do feel pain. As a result, when kept in tanks, they often suffer from stress associated with confinement, low oxygen levels, and crowding. For further information, please visit the following link: www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-%20farming/fish/lobsters-crabs/
Other businesses promoting community and natural products, including one of the largest in North America, Whole Foods, has publicly banned the sale of live lobsters and crabs in all of their stores, as outlined in the 2006 article published on their website: www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-values/seafood-sustainability/whole-foods-market-stops-selling-live-lobsters
As your customers, we expect your stores to exhibit the same level of ethical standard, and that this matter be given the urgent attention and consideration that it deserves. For the reasons outlined in this letter, we urge Community Natural Foods to ban the sale of lobsters and all live animals.
Sincerely,
Concerned citizens of Calgary
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 24, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2016
115 Comments
CNF by continuing to sell this, you have lost $150 per week in my grocery purchase. If you can't be compassionate towards these creatures, think about the business you've lost and will lose because of this.
Not only does this force the sentient beings to be stressed long before they are killed, it encourages the practice of boiling them alive, which is just as painful for them as it would be for humans. The cruelty involved here is right up there with the cruelty involved in the foie gras industry.
It's a shame as CNF is usually my go to place for ethical and responsible food choices. It's why I don't mind paying premium from time to time. However, if this practice does not end - I will search alternative places to spend my money. I sincerely hope you reconsider this decision.
It's bad enough seeing dead animals in a place that markets itself as ethical and forward thinking - moving to selling live animals is so far beyond the pale I simply won't tolerate shopping at Community anymore.
As a vegan who has been shopping at Community for over ten years I am disappointed to see the new seafood section in the middle of the produce department. Especially the live animals. It's turning me off the store overall.
It's cruel stop selling live animals.
It's time to sólo allá Lindura pc suffering in animals!.
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VICTORY!! COMMUNITY NATURAL FOODS OFFICIALLY AGREED TO STOP SELLING LIVE ANIMALS AND THE TANKS ARE GONE!! THIS IS A MASSIVE WIN FOR THESE CREATURES AND I AM BEYOND THRILLED THAT WE SECURED THIS CHANGE TOGETHER!! LET US KEEP STAYING VIGILANT TO ENSURE THEY STICK TO THIS NEW COMMITMENT FOREVER!!
August 16, 2016
Community Natural Foods: Stop selling live animals, including lobsters, crabs, fish, etc.
Final supporters
To: Garry Wilkes, owner of Community Natural Foods;
As ethical consumers, we have regarded Community Natural Foods as an ethically-conscious local store, and therefore have been long-term and loyal customers of your business, giving it priority and preference over other businesses.
We are deeply disappointed with your decision to sell live lobsters. Keeping lobsters in a small, crowded tank with their claws tied up, only to be sold and boiled alive is extremely inhumane. Evidence shows that lobsters have complex emotional lives, as well as sophisticated nervous systems.
According to many academic studies, this method of selling live lobsters is widely regarded by the scientific community as unnecessary torture. Contrary to popular belief, scientific studies have consistently determined that marine crustaceans, such as lobsters and crabs, commonly sold alive for seafood purposes, can and do feel pain. As a result, when kept in tanks, they often suffer from stress associated with confinement, low oxygen levels, and crowding. For further information, please visit the following link: www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/factory-%20farming/fish/lobsters-crabs/
Other businesses promoting community and natural products, including one of the largest in North America, Whole Foods, has publicly banned the sale of live lobsters and crabs in all of their stores, as outlined in the 2006 article published on their website: www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-values/seafood-sustainability/whole-foods-market-stops-selling-live-lobsters
As your customers, we expect your stores to exhibit the same level of ethical standard, and that this matter be given the urgent attention and consideration that it deserves. For the reasons outlined in this letter, we urge Community Natural Foods to ban the sale of lobsters and all live animals.
Sincerely,
Concerned citizens of Calgary
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
May 24, 2016
Reached 100 supporters
May 21, 2016
115 Comments
I phoned Community about this several months ago and they assured me then it was a temporary situation. Now I see no motivation on their part to stop this inhumane practice. Thanks for getting this petition going.
CNF by continuing to sell this, you have lost $150 per week in my grocery purchase. If you can't be compassionate towards these creatures, think about the business you've lost and will lose because of this.
Not only does this force the sentient beings to be stressed long before they are killed, it encourages the practice of boiling them alive, which is just as painful for them as it would be for humans. The cruelty involved here is right up there with the cruelty involved in the foie gras industry.
It's a shame as CNF is usually my go to place for ethical and responsible food choices. It's why I don't mind paying premium from time to time. However, if this practice does not end - I will search alternative places to spend my money. I sincerely hope you reconsider this decision.
It's bad enough seeing dead animals in a place that markets itself as ethical and forward thinking - moving to selling live animals is so far beyond the pale I simply won't tolerate shopping at Community anymore.
As a vegan who has been shopping at Community for over ten years I am disappointed to see the new seafood section in the middle of the produce department. Especially the live animals. It's turning me off the store overall.
It's cruel stop selling live animals.
It's time to sólo allá Lindura pc suffering in animals!.
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I phoned Community about this several months ago and they assured me then it was a temporary situation. Now I see no motivation on their part to stop this inhumane practice. Thanks for getting this petition going.