Jan06
Lobster Spends Century in Ocean to Become Seafood?
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Because of the lobster's sophisticated nervous system and high sensitivity to pain, boiling lobsters alive is completely illegal in some cities, such as Reggio, Italy (where offenders face a $600 fine!). But, unfortunately, more than 20 million lobsters are killed and eaten every year in the U.S. alone.
Even if City Crab takes the lobster off the menu, by keeping him in captivity they are likely sentencing him to death. Because lobsters are sensitive to water quality, they easily die if too much waste is created in their environment. In order to prevent the lobsters' excrement from contaminating the tank water with ammonia, merchants normally do not feed lobsters, so the animals often starve or are reduced to attacking each other.
This lobster lived in the ocean for over a century, and we think he deserves to spend the remainder of his life in peace in his natural habitat—not in a pot of boiling water or a cramped, dirty tank. Since City Crab needs some persuading to release the supercentenarian lobster, we've contacted its parent company, Branded Restaurants USA. Hopefully the executives will show some compassion for this 140-year-old survivor! You can check out our full letter here.
Posted by Liz Graffeo
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That makes me so sad.
Good luck communicating with these people, PETA.
Posted by: Canaduck | January 6, 2009 05:43 PM
Damn. Doesn't this just say so bloody much about our attitude of brutality, callousness, and entitlement toward other living things? How charming it is, the way they declare that this animals century-and-a-half of accumulated memory and experience and survival are worth no more than a few bucks and a flush down the toilet or, at BEST, a life sentence in a squalid box filled with concentrated amounts of his own waste. Please PETA, do what you can to reverse this travesty.
Posted by: HurricaneCiao | January 6, 2009 07:51 PM
Did you guys see the story about the donkey who saved that woman's life? Well the donkey is starving. I don't know what I can do. If you look at the animal, he doesn't look good.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/06/mule-credited-with-saving_n_155788.html
Posted by: marie | January 7, 2009 01:22 AM
That is terrible! Can you post their phone number so we all can call them? That lobster not only has to be saved and released, but back into the same area where he spent his life.
Posted by: Paul | January 7, 2009 09:10 AM
I hope they let him go. Being boiled alive is a horrible fate, but being kept in their aquarium (where they store their other food) is almost as bad. Fancy giving out their phone number like you did with Armani so we can all call them?
Posted by: Nione Almie | January 7, 2009 10:22 AM
www.citycrabnyc.com
235 Park Ave S
New York, NY 10003
(212) 529-3800
Posted by: Jill V. HArper | January 7, 2009 02:29 PM
Yeah, I would like the number please!
Posted by: stray | January 7, 2009 02:50 PM
Lobsters are the main thing that makes me not want to eat meat. While I still eat some meat here and there, I do boycott lobster.
On AVERAGe they live to be 70 years old. It just doesn't feel good to eat the guardians of the reefs.
Posted by: jerome Knapp | January 7, 2009 04:48 PM
See, this is why so many species are dying out, because we are greedy. I understand that Christ put animals on this earth for us to eat, so I have nothing against eating meat. What I do have a problem with is how these poor animals are treated. This old man should be released back into the wild, not kept as a pet or dinner.
Posted by: Denise | January 7, 2009 05:18 PM
wow i just called and yes, they still have the crab there! The employee said,"yeah, but I just work here; i have nothing to do with that." I told her to tell her manager about it. Hopefully she has consciousness.
PETA Please inform us about this !
Posted by: Emotional | January 7, 2009 07:06 PM
I just called the number I found online and they said that the chef has decided to let Peta have the Lobster? Is this true?
Posted by: Jill Harper | January 7, 2009 09:29 PM
i want to know why the hell people boil lobsters and crabs alive??? what is the purpose??? i hate the idea of this
Posted by: nicole | January 8, 2009 12:14 AM
The Manager I spoke to is named Jose.
Posted by: jill | January 8, 2009 12:51 PM
This is just terrible we should celebrate life he managed to get away from fisherman all these years and I think he deserves a life of freedom as do all animals some people are beasts more so than animals....grrr
Posted by: aDRIENNE | January 8, 2009 03:25 PM
the carelessness, greed and the depravity of the human mind knows no limits. and i have everything against eating meat, most xtian believers are just plain lazy.
Posted by: vegancoin | January 8, 2009 03:35 PM
This lobster deserves freedom as much as any other animal out there!
Posted by: Me | January 8, 2009 03:44 PM
Shame on us! A 140-year-old lobster deserves to be free and not boiled so for a fat tourist to inhale.
Posted by: Vegan Red Neck | January 8, 2009 04:00 PM
Free the lobster! He's made it this far - leave it to man to screw with his fate. Don't allow it!!
Posted by: Jesi | January 8, 2009 10:26 PM
If PETA is willing to broker, I'll put up the cash to buy him. I'd assume he'd be released back into wherever he came?
Posted by: Douglas | January 9, 2009 04:52 PM
the restaruant released the lobster!! check out the blog about the victory: http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/01/victory_140-yea.php
YAY!! lobster liberation!
Posted by: beth | January 9, 2009 05:00 PM
I'm very happy for the lobster's liberation. Unfortunately, the boiled lobster it isn't a practice only for south Italy (I'm writing from Palermo). I saw few times what happened and it's terrible.
Good luck Old Lobster because there isn't a second chance
Posted by: Max | January 11, 2009 03:53 AM
Oh its realy a great achievement.........thanks PETA for doing so much for these speechless creature.
Posted by: kavita | January 23, 2009 03:39 AM
What is fisherman catches the lobster and eats it anyway?
That would be quite a catch.
It is great said lobster gets to live in the ocean,but how can it's safety and longevity be assured?
Posted by: Kristin | January 23, 2009 06:00 PM