PETA Sues Maine Lobster Festival in an Effort to Stop Steaming of 20,000 Pounds of Live Lobster

'Steaming Mad:' PETA Sues to Shut Down World's Largest Lobster Cooker at Maine Festival

An “animal-rights” lobby has gone to court to try to stop Rockland’s annual “egregiously cruel method of steaming thousands of lobsters alive.” People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed its lawsuit in an attempt to get a judge to declare the Maine Lobster Festival a “public nuisance.” Barring a Knox County Court order, [...] The post ‘Steaming Mad:’ PETA Sues to Shut Down World’s Largest Lobster Cooker at Maine Festival appeared f…

PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival over steaming live lobsters

PETA files a lawsuit against Maine Lobster Festival and Rockland, citing animal cruelty laws and seeking to stop steaming lobsters alive in public.

PETA sues to save 20,000 lobsters from the Maine Lobster Festival

The animal rights advocacy group accused festival organizers and the city of violating Maine’s animal protection statutes on public land.

PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival in an effort to stop steaming of 20,000 pounds of live lobster

The animal rights organization says lobsters can feel pain and that the city's decision to allow the festival to steam them live is 'a municipally endorsed spectacle of animal suffering.'

PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival

ROCKLAND -- Animal rights organization PETA is suing the city of Rockland and the Maine Lobster Festival, claiming the festival is "Turning public land into a venue for municipally supported cruelty."