PETA wants to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, in August 2018. (PETA)
Posted on 11/04/2018 4:16:16 AM PST by vannrox
PETA wants to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, in August 2018. (PETA)
BRUNSWICK, Maine (WGME) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals want to build a 5-foot tombstone where lobsters may have died after a crash on Route 1 in Brunswick, Maine, last week.
According to the Brunswick Police Department several of the crustaceans that a Cozy Harbor Seafood truck was carrying got crushed as a result of the rollover.
"It was something I've never seen before," said Detective William Moir of the Brunswick Police Department. "Some lobsters were loose on the ground from being spilled over so we went to work to save the ones we could."
The organization sent a letter to the Maine Department of Transportation asking if it could create the roadside memorial where the lobsters lost their lives.
"Countless sensitive crustaceans experienced an agonizing death when this truck rolled over and their bodies came crashing down onto the highway," PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said.
"PETA hopes to pay tribute to these individuals who didn't want to die with a memorial urging people to help prevent future suffering by keeping lobsters and all other animals off their plates."
Some Mainers say lobster's belong on their dinner table and they don't agree with a memorial.
"It just seems a little extreme to me," said Timothy Smith. "I am all for animal rights but I just don't understand putting up a tombstone for some lobsters I'm sorry, haha."
"I'm not cruel to animals but that goes way to far and a monument on the highway? We don't even put monuments up for people who die, added Janie Roy. "What's the difference between them falling on the road and dying or being thrown in boil hot water and we eat them every single day either way they're dead lobsters."
WGME reached out to the Maine DOT for a comment in regards to PETA's request, WGME has not heard back.
In fact, some of them may have been aspiring rappers just getting their lives together. So sad.
I’m hungry!
So who is going to spray paint a line through Vegan and replace with Butter
Lobster ok, shrimp is better and good crab better yet. If you want the ultimate seafood treat it is uni, aka raw sea urchin nads. Beyond delicious.
“Someone needs to place a side order of melted butter on the stone !”
I was thinking a melted butter fountain would be a good idea.
If you ever look at a lobster trap, lobsters are dumb (not as dumb as Dems, thou). Lobsters are delicious and I the memorial should be for dinners who won’t get to eat those lobsters...
In the context of this discussion, this is one of the all-time classic posts on Free Republic.
A memorial is a good idea. I suggest they also plant buttercups. We could drop off packages of hot dog rolls, flowers planted in mayonnaise jars, or a big lobster pot.
I wager that PETA members vote 100+ percent Democrat.
Will 4garlic butter be part of the memorial?
Guess PETA has too much money and can’t find enough idiotic ways to spend it. Some people in this country have literally lost their minds!
false rights:
-animal rights
-economic rights
-collective rights
-rights of earth/nature
I poured some Raid on an anthill yesterday. Couldn’t get it to light, I should have used gasoline.
Think PETA would send me some money to erect a monument or is that reserved for things good to eat?
wonder how many of those PETA b!tches had abortions?
Those from here (new england) understand... lies are necessary.
q
When one acqires the rarefied taste,one understands why people in Arizona pay to fly them in. One should observe the urchin trades, vastly more of profit. We have a trade, they come off the floor in massachusetts... and land in Osaka at flight time.
No one need know.
The season opens, next months.
Now, some lobster goes dead later... cuz i got the buzz to eat a bug. I will Take a stone mass, lobster,clam and oyster.
Try a razor clam, as sweet as the Alaska crab. Put them over fire on steel plate.
It is a thing, most would not understand.
Deeply touching, that was ... *sniff* ...
What a great idea!!! Maybe they should build one for EACH lobster who has their life taken by hungry consumers. These peta people are geniuses!!! /s/
We pen them until process and price grant value.
Most humans would last few hours on ocean waters in a steel cup. Price is based on the fearlessness of those who understand they are dead in few minutes, if the tub rolls over.
Those of understanding will take the fake, to a safe destination, to see a humpback.
Open ocean is more dangerous than what we call space, if one has been here or there.
More men have walked on the moon than those of who have walked the sea floor. Our planet is 73% ocean. Average depth 2 miles.
Our precurss presently live below five miles. They are probably not even concerned with our presence. They live below and above water and earth.
It is etheral. Some say demon, others angel.
I say let PETA build it. Let them spend as much of their own money doing it. Then once it is built, give it a month and take the statue down. When PETA and their liberal supports start bitching, toss it back in their face.
oooh, the horror. Just imagine the poor things last moments as the truck crashed and crushed their shells.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.