George the Giant Lobster is Set Free

From a story at CNN.com:

A giant lobster named George escaped a dinner-table fate and was released Saturday into the Atlantic Ocean after a New York seafood restaurant granted him his freedom, according to a statement from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The lobster, which PETA said was 140 years old and weighed 20 pounds, had been confined to a tank at City Crab and Seafood restaurant in Manhattan when two customers alerted the animal group.

Restaurant manager Keith Valenti says that the lobster had been "sitting in the restaurant's tank and acting as a sort of mascot," but when PETA got involved and requested the release, it "seemed like the right thing to do."

He added, "I've been here for 12 years, and that's the biggest lobster I've ever seen."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/10/maine.lobster.liberated/index.html

http://conservationreport.com/tag/animal-welfare/