Nearly Nude ‘Lobster’ to Face Boiling Pot Outside Cousins Maine Lobster Restaurant
For Immediate Release:
August 12, 2026
Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382
Fresh off the heels of PETA’s viral lobster display at the Maine Lobster Festival, a nearly nude PETA supporter body-painted as a lobster will lead an eye-popping plea on Friday outside Cousins Maine Lobster Restaurant, urging the eatery to stop killing crustaceans. Beneath a banner proclaiming, “No One Wants to Be Boiled Alive,” a chef will drag the struggling, screaming human “lobster” toward a giant steaming pot and attempt to “boil” her to death. The unmissable scene will remind would-be diners that lobsters feel pain and terror just as humans do, and urge everyone to leave sea life in peace by going vegan.
“No compassionate person would boil an animal alive,” says PETA President Tracy Reiman. “PETA urges everyone to consider who is on their plates and please, choose vegan.”
Where: Outside Cousins Maine Lobster Restaurant, 800 Ocean Ave. N., Space #109-110, Asbury Park (at the intersection of Ocean Avenue North and Asbury Avenue)
When: Friday, August 14, 12 noon
Why: Lobsters use complex signals to establish social relationships and, like humans, can recognize other individual lobsters, and can live to be over 100. They also have complex nervous systems and feel intense pain when dismembered or boiled alive, which one researcher described as “torture.” PETA’s website features a list of the best vegan seafood brands and a free vegan starter kit for anyone thinking of making the switch.
PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—points out that when it comes to the ability to feel pain, hunger, and fear, a lobster is a dog is a boy. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.
