Post by adoptaratcanada on Jun 28, 2008 17:31:47 GMT -4
The little flashing quote I just read on the forum reminded me of this (article below). I heard it on the news a day or two ago. Naively, I thought from the report that it was only one restaurant doing it. In fairness, the owner of the one restaurant they interviewed (in NY, I think) was totally sane and agreed it was the wrong decision (but I can't defend his answer that it was removed because it was making the clientel mad...the interview was editted, but I didn't hear him say anything in defense of the animals).
Yes, I am a vegetarian and don't think dropping a live animal into a vat of boiling water is very nice. That said, I think making it a game, where "people" can think it's "FUN" to choose an trapped animal to go to it's death...or with any luck it might get away (wouldn't THAT suck??) is totally inappropriate. Yes, I realize the cook is going to do it anyway, but hopefully it's not a big laugh in the kitchen.
Any time I hear of the all too common mistreatment of food animals all I feel one has to do is substitute "puppy" in the instance of whatever animal. Is it acceptable for a puppy? - then no, it should not be acceptable to lobsters, chickens or calves. Sorry for the rant (which I mistyped, of course, as RAT! lol)
www.lobsterlib.com/zone.html
PETA receives many calls from people who have come across a tawdry contraption found in some restaurants and bars in which live lobsters are plucked out of the water with a joystick-controlled crane. We agree with Jerome Lapin, president of American Coin Merchandising, who says of the Lobster Zone, “As the world’s largest operator of skill crane machines, we are totally opposed to this inappropriate use of this type of equipment. … We can only hope that the people playing these skill cranes come to realize this is a sadistic misuse of machines designed to dispense toys and teddy bears.”
If you come across the Lobster Zone, you can help lobsters:
1. Call and write the owner of the restaurant. Politely, but firmly, let him or her know that games are supposed to be about skill, fun, and prizes, not suffering—and ask that the contraption be removed.
2. If the tank is excessively crowded, or if it looks as if there are dead lobsters, complain to the health department.
3. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Let people in your area know that all animals, including lobsters, deserve our consideration.
Yes, I am a vegetarian and don't think dropping a live animal into a vat of boiling water is very nice. That said, I think making it a game, where "people" can think it's "FUN" to choose an trapped animal to go to it's death...or with any luck it might get away (wouldn't THAT suck??) is totally inappropriate. Yes, I realize the cook is going to do it anyway, but hopefully it's not a big laugh in the kitchen.
Any time I hear of the all too common mistreatment of food animals all I feel one has to do is substitute "puppy" in the instance of whatever animal. Is it acceptable for a puppy? - then no, it should not be acceptable to lobsters, chickens or calves. Sorry for the rant (which I mistyped, of course, as RAT! lol)
www.lobsterlib.com/zone.html
PETA receives many calls from people who have come across a tawdry contraption found in some restaurants and bars in which live lobsters are plucked out of the water with a joystick-controlled crane. We agree with Jerome Lapin, president of American Coin Merchandising, who says of the Lobster Zone, “As the world’s largest operator of skill crane machines, we are totally opposed to this inappropriate use of this type of equipment. … We can only hope that the people playing these skill cranes come to realize this is a sadistic misuse of machines designed to dispense toys and teddy bears.”
If you come across the Lobster Zone, you can help lobsters:
1. Call and write the owner of the restaurant. Politely, but firmly, let him or her know that games are supposed to be about skill, fun, and prizes, not suffering—and ask that the contraption be removed.
2. If the tank is excessively crowded, or if it looks as if there are dead lobsters, complain to the health department.
3. Write a letter to the editor of your local paper. Let people in your area know that all animals, including lobsters, deserve our consideration.
