Restaurant Removes Live Shrimp

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has convinced a Sacramento, Calif., restaurant to take live shrimp off of its menu. PETA reports having received dozens of complaints regarding “dancing shrimp” at Nishiki Sushi. Dancing shrimp were prepared by first soaking live prawns in cold sake, and then serving them to customers with their tails removed, at which point patrons could squeeze lemon juice onto their bodies to cause the shrimp to move while being eaten alive. In its complaints to the restaurant, PETA cited a 2007 study from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland that found that prawns feel pain. Dancing shrimp, or odori ebi is considered a delicacy in Japan, but now Nishiki Sushi is serving shrimp that are already deceased.