So, when I logged onto the Chron this morning this story about a lobster caught my eye:
NYC eatery grants freedom to 140-year-old lobster
By VERENA DOBNIK
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jan. 10, 2009, 12:42AMNEW YORK — A 140-year-old lobster once destined for a dinner plate received the gift of life Friday from a Park Avenue seafood restaurant.
George, the 20-pound supercentenarian crustacean, was freed by City Crab and Seafood in New York City.
“We applaud the folks at City Crab and Seafood for their compassionate decision to allow this noble old-timer to live out his days in freedom and peace,” said Ingrid E. Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said the group asked City Crab to return George to the Atlantic Ocean after a diner saw him at the restaurant, where steamed Maine lobster sells for $27 per pound. George had been caught off Newfoundland, Canada and lived in the tank for about 10 days before his release.
Some scientists estimate lobsters can live to be more than 100 years old. PETA and the restaurant guessed George’s age at about 140, using a rule of thumb based on the creature’s weight.
He was to be released Saturday near Kennebunkport, Maine, in an area where lobster trapping is forbidden.
I find it funny how PETA acts like this is a sort of humanitarian effort 
Its a lobster. Also, I have a question about the diner who saw the lobster at the restraunt… I’m pretty sure its safe to assume that that person was associated with PETA, and if thats the case why on earth was a PETA person eating there? After all, don’t the promote a vegan diet? And from what I know about vegetarianism/veganism John Paul can attest to that) wouldn’t a vegan eating there be odd? Granted they could have just gotten a salad or something, but it does strike me as pretty funny.
Its cool that the restraunt was willing to release it though, considering that at $27/pound they just missed out on a sale worth about $540 not including tax 
(side note: I’ve been shifting towards vegetarism for years now, so I do know what I’m talking about, and subscribe to veggie magazines
