Written by PETA
File this one under "What were they thinking?" The Lobster Zone, found in some bars and restaurants, is similar to traditional arcade claw games—except instead of trying to win stuffed animals, players vie for live lobsters. Lobsters who don't escape the mechanical claw are dropped down a chute and boiled alive for the winner's dinner.
Not surprisingly, as soon as restaurants install this gimmicky game, complaints start pouring in. After hearing from PETA about complaints made by customers, Ohio's Upper Deck restaurant gave its Lobster Zone machine the boot. In California, following a protest by Orange County People for Animals, the Beach Club Sports Bar & Grill also removed the game.
Lobsters can feel pain, as all animals do, and as a local California paper put it, "[M]aking a game out of any creature's death is unsettling and certainly the wrong message to send to children." If you see one of these cruel games in your town, please take action! Contact PETA at ActionTeam@peta.org for assistance.
Written by Paula Moore
GREAT! Now let's get rid of the one in Wisconsin.
Yay! Finally :))))))))))))))))))
I am fully against any type of cruelty such as this! I do not understand how the people participating in this cruel game find it, in any form, fun. The idea of hurting harmless lobsters that can not speak for themselves is brutal. Thankfully, I have never seen this game before.
Does anyone think of how things affect children these days?? My neighbourhood is overrun with activities, movies, etc that children shouldnt be privvy to. Ive always been against the live boiling of sea creatures (crabs, shrimp etc). When I went vegetarian, I made sure that eating no meat meant NO MEAT. Most of my friends thought it just meant leaving out red meat. When I went to a big meat outlet with some members of the P&C for a school BBQ, I said I had to go outside because the smell of animal flesh made me sick...one of the ladies said to me, "Get over urself" I thought that was kinda mean cos I never nt ofljf;oqij'o4it3
If I ever walked into a place and saw such a machine, I'd turn around and walk right back out. My kids know my views and I would never support such actions.
Glad these are getting stopped. What would be next, pick your chicken? Can't think of anything worse than picking some poor animal to die for me......
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