'Grab-A-Crab' machines slammed by Animal Rights Groups in Singapore

A lot of restaurants in Singapore have been slammed by Animal rights groups for promoting grab-a-crab arcade styled games that let people catch ir meal before y could eat it as a dish. much-criticized game machines were seen at House of Seafood and Jurong restaurants. machines were criticized for causing harm and suffering to crabs before y were killed.

A post slamming grab-a-crab game

SPCA(Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Singapore, posted on ir Facebook handle that stated "Say to live crab claw machine"

In post, SPCA stated that much-criticized actions of both restaurants were bought to ir tice and y were made aware that se so-called games had objects along with living crabs were placed in machines for diners to grab crabs for ir meal. society furr added that se games caused harm to se defenceless animals and encourd people to consider animals thing more than an object to play in today's time.

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y also said that ne of people of ir society took part in se kinds of activities and have informed AVS( Animal & Veterinary Service) to take te of this and completely shut it down.

An apology by CEO of House of Seafood

In wake of intense criticism, CEO of House of Seafood, Francis Ng, issued an apology. He started his te by apologizing to animal rights activists and said that y never had intention of using crabs as toys. CEO stated that y saw a lot of children at Punggol Settlement and wanted to educate m about marine life and encour m to take crabs back to ocean.

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Francis said that his team had taken up one year to design machine in order to ensure safety of crabs and t harm m in any way. claws of 'game' machine were fitted with claws in order to ensure that claws did t injure crabs.

Francis said that machine was cleaned every single day, which allowed crabs to live in a good and clean environment. 
Ng said that after criticism y had faced, restaurant had put a temporary stop to grab-a-crab machine. CEO once again apologized for outr that y had caused and said that House of Seafood hoped to serve ir customers in a better way every time and thanked everyone for ir reviews.

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