AP: Group pays more than $3,000 to liberate 300 lobsters

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2007/04/11/group_pays_more_than_3000_to_liberate_300_lobsters/

Group pays more than $3,000 to liberate 300 lobsters

April 11, 2007

PORTLAND, Maine --Three hundred lobsters have a new lease on life thanks to an anonymous group that secured their release in Maine.

The episode unfolded in the midst of a lobster shortage and record prices when a group of young people arrived at New Meadows Lobster Pound declaring that lobsters are "God's creatures" and deserved a shot at freedom, said owner Pete McAleney.

Freedom, however, came at a cost.

The group paid nearly $3,400 in cash to buy all of his one-claw lobsters -- known as "culls" -- at a cost of $11.25 apiece, McAleney said.

"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."

The story quickly made the grounds on the waterfront.

FULL article at link.

[AnnieBW]

1. Heck with that!

Gimme a pot with boiling water and some drawn butter, and I'll liberate them suckers!

[MichaelHarris]

2. yup

I'll liberate them right to my grill next to the ribeye. They look so good together,mmmmmmmm

[Botany]

3. I'll take care of them

[seriousstan]

4. I have opened a home for battered shrimp.