Posted by BarbaraCat on May 23, 2002, at 19:05:14
In reply to lobsters, posted by Kat26 on May 23, 2002, at 18:43:56
Yep. Live lobsters with rubber bands around their claws ready to go into the pot. I did hear a great story though which the person who told it to me swore is true - was in the newspapers and all. There was a HUGE lobster that was raffled off and some little boy won. He just wanted it as a pet and was horrified that people actually ate them. So his folks and a bunch of other people chipped in and bought the lobster a ticket back to Maine where another group of people took him to the ocean and set him free. Kind of Free Willie, lobster style.
So, sad stuff sometimes brings out the very best in people. It gives me hope, cause when I'm really down everything seems all bleak and doomed. Thanks for confirming that having extra strength compassion for our critter friends isn't OCD. - BCat
> You mean a tank full of LIVE lobsters, soon t be killed?
> Makes me sad too.
> I am a vegetarian.
> Sometimes I tell the fish sellers to put the poor things back in the water instead of just letting them jump around on the trays.
> :-(
> Or chickens in little cages...
> Oh well, I'm off the subject. This is NOT an OCD kind of concern!!
>
> Kat26
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