How horrible for those animals who already face an excrutiating death!! Harbor your lobsters more humanely!!

Posted by: Ann Bailey | January 9, 2007 01:46 PM

Please stop selling live animals. They are God´creatures as we are.
Don´t eat corpses, go vegan!

Posted by: Mariela Orquin | January 9, 2007 02:22 PM

Glad to hear lobsters won't be sold at Raley stores anymore at all. I hope they hold to this agreement.

Linda Amador

Posted by: Linda Amador | January 9, 2007 02:30 PM

care of lobsters !

Posted by: hetuin rogalewicz | January 9, 2007 02:41 PM

Interesting how committing such heinous acts against humans would result in incarceration, yet when it's done to non-human species, it's no big deal. How disgusting, barbaric, and sociopathic!!!!

Posted by: km | January 9, 2007 04:03 PM

It is a shame and ignorant what people can do to live animals! Stop the abuse!!! I am glad the sell of live lobsters will not happen again at Raley.

Posted by: Heidi Setaro | January 9, 2007 05:05 PM

This is cruel beyond a doubt. It makes me ill thinking about these living things suffering for the sake of your financial gain.

Posted by: anthea nicholas | January 9, 2007 05:11 PM

People power is fantastic - keep spreading the good news and thanks to all those people who made the effort to speak out - animals are so often ignored and we must be their voice!

Posted by: Leo Kenyon | January 9, 2007 05:11 PM

Thank God Raleys have ceased to use live lobsters - why cant so many other fish-mongers and shops take the same action and not use live creatures - it's a horrendous, inhumane act that we can and SHOULD stop. Humans are the cruelest species on this planet

Posted by: Stacey | January 9, 2007 05:18 PM

Why not try to educate humaNs that boiling is not necessary....freshwater is thew way to doit "humanely"(what a word)

Posted by: dedsetmad | January 9, 2007 05:21 PM

It's such a good notice that they had realized that torture animals it's no a good thing!!

Posted by: Pierinna | January 9, 2007 05:26 PM

Go lobsters! go lobsters! yeah!!!!!

Posted by: Pierinna | January 9, 2007 05:29 PM

See the difference people can make...if we can stop something like this just imagin the possibilities. I'm so happy the selling of live lobsters has stopped. Thank you to everyone who has helped.

Posted by: Briana | January 9, 2007 05:43 PM

Victory! Now Let's do the same @ Walmart grocery stores where there are sometimes 10-12 lobsters at a time in a very small "dirty" tank!

Posted by: Christie | January 9, 2007 06:37 PM

This is very nice they stopped to sell living lobsters... Perso. I find this practice horrible and contacted in Belgium(Europe) the food reseller Delhaize to ask them to stop the SAME practice... Delhaize seems one of the few big supermarkets having some und. for vegetarian peoples... Delhaize told me that they make a very big profit on lobsters and even if they stopped, CST will go somewhere else... It is not an answer and I ask European CST to contact theirs supermarkets and asked them to stop selling living animals... How can you enter a store and look at those aquariums filled by those poor lobsters and not feel some compassion ? It is my case and I feel sad everytime when I look...
It is time to open our eyes...

Posted by: Vissers Rudy | January 9, 2007 06:54 PM

I am happy to know that Raley's took what everyone had to say so seriously. It is nice to know that they care enough to do something that a lot of companies would look at as an action that could "cost them money later". It shows what they really care about. That was a great thing. Thank you both, Raley's and PETA.

Posted by: Makayla W. | January 9, 2007 07:15 PM

it shows the ambition of some people who only think in their well and make money, but where´s the human being part?

Posted by: claudia | January 9, 2007 07:30 PM

lobsters are people too!

Posted by: Nathaniel Kemp | January 9, 2007 07:38 PM

CRUELTYness of all cruelty

PeOpLE pOwER!!!

see what people can do?

Posted by: Kristy Bouchard | January 9, 2007 07:57 PM

Everything wchich have an hearth beating it's a live being! When will Men stop treat animals like things? We are in XXI Century, please! Money it's not an excuse for every barbaric acts to animals!!!

Posted by: Carla Sofia Salas | January 9, 2007 08:01 PM

How would you like to be the lobster?

Posted by: Raurie Ascher | January 9, 2007 08:03 PM

Victory is the lobsters!! Viva lobsters! I signed this petition and wrote a personal note of disgust to Raley's and I am SOO happy and relieved to see that this store and all of it's sister stores banned this cruel and inhumae act! Kudos to Raley's! I am VERY proud of them and will definitely let them know that, as we all should! Great job to all who participated in this ban and Congrats to the innocent lobsters!

Posted by: Shannon LaCorte | January 9, 2007 08:10 PM

It is so heart warming when animal abusers see the horror in what they do and/or support.

And when they come out publicly to denounce cruelty such as has Raley's, they move over into my hero's list.

Thank you Raley's for your compassionate decision regarding defensless lobsters.

Posted by: Doris | January 9, 2007 08:16 PM

thnk god
finally sumone realizes tht wat ther doin is wrong
thnk u everybody exspecial raleys

♥mina

Posted by: brittany mina | January 9, 2007 10:35 PM

We as human beings must learn to love ALL of God's animals, both big and small..............

Posted by: LINDA | January 9, 2007 10:40 PM

Thank you, for respect to the life... of any king.

Posted by: Ayari germon | January 9, 2007 11:28 PM

This is cruel. I've heard of lobsters being boiled trying to crawl out of the pot!!

Posted by: Michael Paul | January 9, 2007 11:31 PM

At the very least, you could increase the size of the tanks they are kept in for their finals moments on Earth.

Posted by: Erica | January 9, 2007 11:36 PM

COOL!!!!!!!

Posted by: Nicolas Ibargue | January 10, 2007 12:09 AM

It's already a shame that the lobsters must die, please harbor them more humanely if they must die. It is important that these animals be treated as humanely as possible. We really must strive to share our world. I understand that we all can't be vegetarian or vegan, however it helps these creatures to live their lives to treat them properly.

Posted by: Stephanie | January 10, 2007 01:01 AM

Absolute unneccessary cruelty!!

Posted by: Bärbel | January 10, 2007 02:55 AM

It has to stop, this is really too cruel.

Posted by: Texier laura | January 10, 2007 03:18 AM

I am horrified to read the sickening news of what they do to the poor lobsters its sickening to think people actually go into these stores and watch this happen I know if it was a store in England there would be an outcry people would be in their thousands protesting and certainly would boycott the whole store but I am so glad of the breaking news when I received my e mail this morning I was due to write to them today after receiving my e mail yesterday WELL DONE PETA and the people who care xx

Posted by: Leah Martin | January 10, 2007 04:10 AM

Another very welcome step! Thanks to all supporters and Raley's!

Posted by: Vijay | January 10, 2007 05:00 AM

Please let's all take care of anything what is alive it really could be a better place for all of us if we just think before we do...

Posted by: daniela bovolenta | January 10, 2007 05:51 AM

Congratulation to PETA for Good Work & I'm pleased that Raley's has discontinued his sales of his live lobsters in their store.

However I feel that this is only the tip of the iceberg, I still feel morally outraged that abundant supply of live lobsters can still be ordered from the internet (Live lobsters are forced to darkness and isolation with barely no room to move while in transit). To my ignorance I thought this was in breach of postal regulations: I didn't think postal services accept live animals, perhaps they do. I feel this is going to be harder to stop this sort of thing.

Anyway keep up the good-work,
PETA

Posted by: PB | January 10, 2007 06:55 AM

Everytime i am somewhere with a lobster tank, it takes a great deal of will power not to smash it and set them free....

Posted by: Renell | January 10, 2007 09:55 AM

i am very happy to hear that they stop selling live lobsters.because that was very cruel

Posted by: charul shukla | January 10, 2007 11:37 AM

I purchased 2 lobsters during the recent sale and found that the package labeled 2.2 lbs (advertized at $9.99/lb)really only contained a 1.1 lb lobster. I was paying $10/lb for the lobster AND $10/lb for the seaweed and package. My complaint was about deceptive packaging, but Raley's VP of meat and fish later told me that this was ok because the ad said "seaweed included".

Perhaps equally important however, is the fact that the minimum size for fishermen to keep lobsters is 1.25 lbs, and so these were illegal catches as far as I can tell.

Again, Railey's told me everything was above board.

Posted by: Phil de l'Etoile | January 10, 2007 11:58 AM

Just goes to show you, how important an uprising is to actually create real change.

Great Job everyone, You should all be proud of yourselves.

Keep it up.

Posted by: Victoria | January 10, 2007 11:58 AM

Sorry if this has already been said but does anyone think they may try and re-try this next holiday season?

Posted by: Char | January 10, 2007 12:14 PM

pathetic that they enjoyed making money off of suffering animals... really business like..*cough*

Posted by: Ellie | January 10, 2007 04:45 PM

You know you would think people would finally start making an effort trying to save those wonderful creatures intead of confining them to tiny plastic bags or fish tanks. How much more do animals have to take until the last person will finally see how much pain and suffering we bring to this planet?

Posted by: Hirschi | January 10, 2007 04:48 PM

It's awesome that we accomplished this so quickly!I just read aboot this yesterday, but it has been resolved b4 I could mail the raleys. Great job!

Posted by: Timothy | January 10, 2007 07:24 PM

It's so cruel to read such horrible things in 2007.This must change !!!

Posted by: ALEXANDRA | January 10, 2007 09:04 PM

LA crueldad con los animales y todos aquellos seres vivos que "no tienen uso de razon" es la mas grande manifestacion de poco corazon y ante todo sentido de respeto y compasion, estoy en contra de todo lo que tenga que ver de violencia animal

Posted by: ximena | January 10, 2007 09:09 PM

Huray! Thanks to PETA for their undieing compassion for animals of all kinds and thanks to Raley's for takeing a step in the humane direction!!

Posted by: megan overley | January 10, 2007 10:44 PM

This is the worst thing that can happen ... The best thing is to Stop eating lobsters packed in this manner coz we are encouraging it so please stop it.

Posted by: Menaka Murthy | January 11, 2007 04:34 AM

Thank You PETA and all the people that help make victories like this one happen. GO LOBSTERS.
Now if we could just stop the use of Lobsters in those "claw" machines for stuffed animals, here in Jacksonville, FL. A lobsters life is not a game!

Posted by: Jennifer V | January 11, 2007 09:04 AM

People should stop eating lobsters alltogether !!!!

Posted by: evelyne | January 11, 2007 09:59 AM

I would be very happy if Publix markets in Florida would realize the cruelty involved in lobster tanks where they are kept taped till being boiled alive--

Posted by: mary panos | January 11, 2007 10:39 AM

We must continue to take care of all life that surrounds us...

Posted by: mary | January 11, 2007 05:22 PM

Selling and killing live lobsters in stores is wrong in all aspects. I hope this comes to an end all over.

Posted by: Christina Newbury | January 11, 2007 06:09 PM

we should stop using live creatures for our own benefit without a thought of them.

Posted by: katherine robertson | January 12, 2007 02:27 AM

Thank you Rahly's for doing the right thing.

Posted by: Toni | January 12, 2007 01:13 PM

STOP ABUSING LOBSTERS!
STOP ABUSING ALL ANIMALS!
THEY DONT DESERVE TO BE MISTREATED,THEY DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH RESPECT!!!

Posted by: raemonde | January 12, 2007 05:48 PM

I am very glad to hear this but this is not the end, we must continue to save thousands of other wonderful creatures to live a life of their own. In this 21st century we must learn to love & respect all life on the planet created by God. Truly, life is precious & nothing can match it nor surpass it. God is great.

Posted by: Yash | January 12, 2007 06:38 PM

GLAD RALEYS WERE A WIN FOR US ANDTHE BEAUTIFUL VOICELESS ONES WE ALL LOVE AND ADORE!HOW ANYONE COULD LOOK THOSE CUTE LITL RED GUYS IN THE FACE IN SAY I'M GONNA EAT YA IS JUST CRUEL AND MAKES ME SAD,I'V HEARD WALMART EVEN SELLS THEM NOW,WHATS THIS WORLD COMING TO?KNOWLEDGE AND OPENMINDNESS IS EVERYTHING,ITS ARE ONLY HOPE TO HELP,SO LETS KEEP ON FIGHTING!!!!!!THANX PETA & CONGRATULATIONS TO RALEYS ON TAKING ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING A MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY, CRUELTY FREE STORE.

Posted by: marnie miller | January 13, 2007 03:35 AM

keep up the great work peta and please keep in touchlynda wales uk

Posted by: lynda krysa | January 13, 2007 04:15 AM

THANK GOD, MORE WON'T SUFFER BECAUSE OF DESPICABLE COMPANIES!!!

Posted by: Sandra LaCoss | January 14, 2007 01:09 PM

Thank you and God Bless those of you who actually made the decision to stop selling live lobsters.

All life deserves to be treated with respect and kindness.

The question is not can animals reason. The question is not can animals speak. The question is can animals feel pain? And the answer is yes. And animals experience pain at the hands of humans.

Thank you for deciding to take away some of that pain. I do believe that when we show compassion and kindness to all beings here on this earth, we are showing compassion and kindness to God.

Posted by: Laura Blanchette | January 14, 2007 07:34 PM

As human beings, we have the capacity for compassion and it disappoints me how often we choose not to exercise it. Without appreciation and respect for all things, especially living things we threaten our own continued existence. It's certainly nice to know there is a sizable population out there that grasps this concept.

Posted by: Gretchen Lutz | January 14, 2007 09:32 PM

thankyou for respecting the rights of another creature who has as much right to live and the right to a peaceful death as human beings that form a significant part of the world.

Posted by: amrita shinde | January 16, 2007 05:12 AM

i like to eat lobster, but not if they cooked alive,or suffer before i eat them.

Posted by: fc leenders | January 16, 2007 11:50 PM

Thank you for not selling lobsters.
God bless you,
Priscilla

Posted by: Priscilla Regan | January 18, 2007 10:49 AM

I am glad that Raley's has agreed to stop the selling of live lobsters. I think it is horrible abuse to these animals. How would someone liked to be put into a bath of boiling hot water? I am sure they would be doing more than screching too.
Thank you,
Debra

Posted by: Debra | January 20, 2007 01:01 AM

Um, what the hell? Animal abuse is a very bad thing, but lobsters are crustaceans with a brain roughly like that of a grasshopper.

This means they are far less intelligent than fish and have an extremely primitive nervous system. For example, an article about these movements mentioning scientific studies claiming that lobsters don't feel any pain at all: http://www.guardian.co.uk/animalrights/story/0,11917,1408050,00.html

Furthermore, lobsters die at lukewarm temperatures. Exposing them to boiling temperatures actually kills them instantly, and their twitching is a result of posthumous involuntary muscle contractions. Interestingly enough, it is almost certainly infinitely more humane to boil a lobster than it is to put one in lukewarm water.

You can still make the argument that lobsters feel some kind of primitive pain even if they die instantaneously when exposed to boiling water. While we lack an objective metric for pain, people have 100 billion neurons whereas lobsters have 100,000. This means that lobsters have 1/100000000th (that's one ten-millionth) as many neurons as people do.

Small mammals, on the other hand, do have advanced nervous systems. While they are not as smart as people, they feel pain. It wouldn't be unreasonable at all to conclude, then, that given small-mammal deaths in the farming process, we, on average, cause far more pain to animals by eating a slice of bread than by eating an entire boiled lobster, as those little critters have exponentially larger numbers of neurons and certainly actually have the capacity to feel pain.

If you guy care about preventing pain in animals and not just about feeling good about yourselves, you have a moral obligation to consider these kinds of problems rationally. If you want to help deal with cruelty to animals, rather than things you simply find distasteful, you should probably focus on creatures that have a reasonable capacity to feel pain. Those of you who do try to help creatures with actual nervous systems, and even do radical things to that end, I respect. This, on the other hand, is a product of ignorance if not selfishness. Yes, selfishness. It's incredibly selfish not to think these things through for the sake of some fleeting self-satisfaction.

Posted by: John | January 23, 2007 09:43 AM

Thank you Raley's for doing the right thing! Please do not abuse any animals anymore. And please do not listen to people like John who are not as concerned with protecting all creatures from pain and torture. Even the little creatures deserve our compassion and care. There is no proof that creatures like lobsters do not experience pain, quite the contrary.

Posted by: Ashley | January 24, 2007 09:07 PM

In RESPONSE TO John.....

I have to disagree with your comments for two reasons:

1)Putting lobsters in boiling water is far from humane:-Boiling water is actually one of the most inhumane ways to prepare lobster. The most humane way I've heard is freezing a lobster (like a sleep euthansia) The only reason most people boil lobster is because boiling water colours lobster, easier to break the shell/claws and people prefer it's fresh rather than frozen.

2)The fact that lobster undeniablely scream out in pain, I feel is proof enough that lobster know/feel pain, therefore have a central nervous system.

So I think your comments are naive, flawed and inaccurate. You can't preach about a creature you claim has no reasonable nervous system without certainity or proof, to do so is IGNORANCE and FOOLISH!!

Posted by: Paul | January 25, 2007 04:27 AM

I will never shop at Raley's again until your inhumane treatment is stopped. What a shame that the workers there are so cruel and heartless. Animals were not put on this earth to be tortured and eaten!!

Posted by: lisa salazar | January 26, 2007 09:48 PM

my neighbor is selling lobsters out of his garage! my husband and I and are vegetarians and hate the bastard - but we are recent homeowners... I want to free them every day when I hear that aquarium tank. I want to do something when I smell the poor lobster that doesn't make it...the stink.. it hurts. Good fences make good neighbors, but "lobster selling" out of a garage, that is shady and wrong - any advice??? sometimes I see him leaving his townhouse with a lobster in a styrofoam case wrapped in duct tape to escort it to its final meal or resting place. I try to look the other way, like with all the other meat eaters and their ways. THIS is wrong... SDDC

Posted by: lobsters have feelings | January 26, 2007 10:37 PM

stop torturing these silent creatures .
there can be a more human way 2 treat them .
plz be human and stop ur practices.

Posted by: neha | January 30, 2007 05:32 AM

I am glad Raley's foodstores has discontinued sale of live animals. Yay, yay for the lobsters.

Posted by: sirena | February 1, 2007 11:19 AM

congratulations peta. i love the animals. we are heroes.

stop...stop...eat lobsters..
they are righ to live...

Posted by: oswaldo javier picon peralta | April 13, 2007 04:38 PM

Go Vegan? Y'all are tripping! Cows taste good. Chickens taste good. Pigs taste good. Lobsters, too. You women need to get a life & stop worrying about "food" and start worrying about that extra 60 pounds you are carrying & your inability to find a man.

Posted by: Syd | June 26, 2007 08:48 PM

I luhv lobstah

Posted by: Lobstah Mahn | July 18, 2007 04:59 PM

you people are all insane. lobster is yummy.

Posted by: lobter eater | June 28, 2008 12:11 AM