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PETA hopes to build memorial where lobsters died in Maine crash
wgme.com ^ | 2018 | Editorial staff

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.



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To: Celerity

In fact, some of them may have been aspiring rappers just getting their lives together. So sad.


41 posted on 11/04/2018 5:49:55 AM PST by ExpatCanuck (The)
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To: vannrox

I’m hungry!


42 posted on 11/04/2018 5:54:33 AM PST by Andy'smom (Proud member of the basket of deplorables)
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To: vannrox

So who is going to spray paint a line through Vegan and replace with Butter


43 posted on 11/04/2018 6:00:35 AM PST by pas
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To: Andy'smom

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.


44 posted on 11/04/2018 6:07:12 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: Nateman

“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.


45 posted on 11/04/2018 6:09:21 AM PST by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: vannrox

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...


46 posted on 11/04/2018 6:10:59 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Raycpa
I would put a lobster shack and gift store across the street for tourists.

In the context of this discussion, this is one of the all-time classic posts on Free Republic.

47 posted on 11/04/2018 6:12:27 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: vannrox

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.


48 posted on 11/04/2018 6:21:24 AM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #cishet #MyPresident #MAGA #Winning #covfefe)
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To: vannrox

I wager that PETA members vote 100+ percent Democrat.


49 posted on 11/04/2018 6:23:54 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine ("It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: vannrox

Will 4garlic butter be part of the memorial?


50 posted on 11/04/2018 6:26:25 AM PST by Leep
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To: Leep

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!


51 posted on 11/04/2018 6:29:01 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: vannrox
"I am all for animal rights

false rights:

-animal rights
-economic rights
-collective rights
-rights of earth/nature

52 posted on 11/04/2018 6:49:36 AM PST by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: ridesthemiles

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?


53 posted on 11/04/2018 6:55:58 AM PST by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: vannrox
wonder how many of those PETA b!tches had abortions?
54 posted on 11/04/2018 6:56:14 AM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: bohica1

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.


55 posted on 11/04/2018 6:57:00 AM PST by mmercier0921 (The unknown sea)
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To: Covenantor

Deeply touching, that was ... *sniff* ...


56 posted on 11/04/2018 6:58:18 AM PST by Tax-chick ("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
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To: vannrox

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/


57 posted on 11/04/2018 7:18:44 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Tax-chick

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.


58 posted on 11/04/2018 7:31:20 AM PST by mmercier0921 (tough boys and girls)
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To: Tax-chick

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.


59 posted on 11/04/2018 7:38:20 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (EVERYONE IS UNIQUE! JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!)
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To: Vaquero

oooh, the horror. Just imagine the poor things last moments as the truck crashed and crushed their shells.


60 posted on 11/04/2018 3:17:31 PM PST by wildbill (Quis Custodiet ipsos custodes? Who watches the watchmen?)
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