You must be joking

"Whole Foods Market Inc. ...the natural-foods grocery chain decided Thursday to stop selling live lobsters and crabs on the grounds that it's inhumane."

"...[M]anagement decided to immediately stop selling live lobsters and soft-shell crabs, saying they could not ensure the creatures are treated with respect and compassion."

THEY. ARE. FOOD. Respect and compassion? I don't get respect and compassion from most of these people why should an overgrown ocean-dwelling cockroach?