Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Give Crustaceans a Chance

4/28/07 World Magazine:
Freedom didn't come cheaply for approximately 300 lobsters held for distribution in tanks at the New Meadows Lobster Pound in Maine. A group of young environmentalists arrived at New Meadows and demanded the company give the lobsters a chance at freedom. In this case, cash talked: After paying nearly $3,400 in cash, the environmentalists gathered up their 300 lobsters and told New Meadows owner Pete McAleney they planned to release them back into the ocean. "We told them they're going to get caught again and they said, 'That's OK. We just want them to have a chance before they get caught again,'" McAleney said. "I don't know if they go around and free chickens and cows or what."

4 comments:

M said...

Did all that talk about anchovies have any influence on you wanting to post this?

David Cho said...

Did they free Nemo too?

Ooops, too late.

Unknown said...

Could somebody pass the melted butter...Oh, I'm sorry, was that insensitive =0).

The Resident Writer said...

I've never eaten a lobster. Can I get reimbursed??