PETA Feasts on Brutalized Flesh When Lobster-Stunners Get Lost in Transit
Posted Nov 22nd 2009 11:02AM by Lee Bains
If Terrence O'Brien hadn't tipped us to this disturbing little number a few days ago (not for those with weak stomachs), we wouldn't hesitate to lambaste Simon Buckhaven and his "humane," lobster-stunning device. Well, we've hesitated. Let the lambasting begin.In that grand old, absurdist tradition of animal rights
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), on the other hand, is fully prepared to comment. Last week, the Animazis flew Buckhaven and his wife to Arizona, where the CrustaStun was slated to be the guest of honor at a lobster-dinner fundraiser. While the Buckhavens arrived stateside without a hitch, the devices themselves -- irony, sweet irony -- didn't. As a result, the attendees dined on lobsters prepared the old-fashioned and gruesome way. (If, we need remind you, this is the same organization that recently protested Google's attempts to feed grass to goats, who ordinarily eat, well, grass.) Thank you, PETA and Mr. Buckhaven. If there's one thing funnier than out-of-touch animal lovers, it's hypocritical, out-of-touch animal lovers. [From: TheChronicleHerald.ca]
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Subscribe to commentsAngelaNov 22nd 2009 12:01PM
I think the CrustaStun system is a bad idea for taking lobsters meant to be eaten. Lobsters begin to degenerate from the inside out immediately upon death. The only way to safely cook and eat lobster is to kill it immediately before cooking, or dropping live into a boiling pot of water or oil, or to immediately freeze them for later use.
However, if you are scuba diving or snorkeling, the CrustaStun might come in real handy should you or your group meet a shark, a sea snake or whatever else might be above you in the marine food chain. Although it might not kill the shark, it should repel it quite effectively....
mesamanNov 22nd 2009 3:23PM
I'm working on an invention called a 'PETA-STUN" designed to limit the frothing and foaming at the mouth of Peta-activists when they encounter something they find distasteful or obnoxious; which, I might add, is about everything that they did not conjure themselves. The only problem is this; if the Peta-Stun is cranked up past the 90 decibel level, it causes their brains to ferment. No, that's not so, most of them were suffering that malady before we noticed the 90 decibel study.
tonidistrict008Nov 25th 2009 1:42AM
The most humane way to kill a lobster is to put it in the freezer for about 30 -40 minutes. The lobster will slowly go to sleep and then pass on without the trama of being dropped into a boiling pot. After about 40 minutes in the freezer, you can then drop him in the boiling pot.
ads9935Nov 22nd 2009 6:15PM
Political correctness on parade. Why anyone listens to these nutjobs is beyond me!
wolfNov 22nd 2009 7:50PM
The peta Nuts are the same Fanantic nuts screaming Globel Warming.They all need duct Tape and nice padded cells so they cant Hurt themselves or others.
What?!Nov 22nd 2009 9:08PM
Remember that it was the PETA who told Obama that he shouldn't harm a housefly "animal". They are very, very dangerous activists. I'm not kidding.