Woman Pays $1,000 to Rescue Lobster

Web India 123 ^ | 07.21.2008 | UPI

[Coffee200am]

A Canadian woman says she plans to release a giant lobster after she paid $1,000 to rescue the crustacean from a fish market.

Laura-Leah Shaw forked over $1,000 to purchase the 22-pound lobster, dubbed Big Dee-Dee, from the Big Fish seafood market in Shediac, New Brunswick, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Sunday.

The report said two unnamed Ontario groups contributed $1,000 each to rescue the animal, which is thought to be 100 years old.

Big Fish was auctioning Dee Dee off for an opening price of $1,000, the Broadcasting Corp. said.

Denis Breau, owner of the fish market, said at least 1,000 people visited Big Fish to catch a glimpse of Dee Dee, who was caught in the beginning of July.

Shaw said she is preparing to travel to the Maritimes region of eastern Canada Monday to let Dee Dee go into the wild.

[Coffee200am]

I predict it won't live long...

[don-o]

Free Republic could use some wallets like that. See tag

[muawiyah]

Frequently a rescued lobster is tossed into the nearest freshwater creek or stream where it quickly dies.

[LasVegasMac]

Shaw said she is preparing to travel to the Maritimes region of eastern Canada Monday to let Dee Dee go into the wild.

Lunch is being served at.......

[Coffee200am]

[LasVegasMac]

On my way!

[Oztrich Boy]

[piytar]

Yup, be surprised if it lasted a day in the wild...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

I walked into my favorite bar.
The barmaid asked me to get her something to eat.
I asked “What”, she said “Oh, a lobster”.
I knew she would have been happy with anything but
I went to a nice restaurant and ordered us both cooked lobsters.
I had them sell me the largest lobster in their tank.
I took the wrappings off its claws and put it on the bar.
The look on her face was priceless.
We named it Pepe and taught it tricks.
You could snap your fingers at it and it would snap its
claws at you.
We left it on the ice in a beer chest and barbecued it
the next day.

[6SJ7]

I have just two words to say about this story; “clarified butter”.

[wallace144]

Anybody remember the Rush Limbaugh story about a bidding war over a lobster?

[Disciplinemisanthropy]

picture a kitten being released into the amazon rain forest

some people simply care too much

[Daffynition]

It's lobster day on FR .... Don't eat the tomalley! ;-D

[Mr_Moonlight]

Now yer talkin’! Yum, Yum ....

[Mr_Moonlight]

It's lobster day on FR .... Don't eat the tomalley! ;-D

Thats the green stuff, right ?

[Daffynition]

Yep ... the icky bright green stuff. The red stuff is the roe. ;(

[t1b8zs]

what a frigen Moron

[Mr_Moonlight]

what a frigen Moron

Well maybe, maybe not ... she was saving humanity from the dreaded 'green stuff' (tomalley) which apparently kills on contact. Imagine how much green stuff a 22lb lobster has? It's frightening when ya think about it, ehhh ?

/sarc off

[BenLurkin]

[Daffynition]

"It's lobster. Soylent Green is made out of lobster."

[Publius6961]

My wife, whose daughter is presently working the kitchen at a major hotel in New Brunswick, suggested they put a tracking device on the sucker and sell it a few more times...

: )

[Mr_Moonlight]

Hahahahaaaa ... I had to look that one up:

(from Wikipedia):
Soylent Green is a 1973 dystopian science fiction movie depicting a future in which the greenhouse gas effect results in severe damage to the environment.

Somehow I just *knew* that Algore had a hand in the topic of this thread ..... /laughs

[proudtobeanamerican1]

She could find a much better outlet for her money here!

http://www.mtdn.com/cafe4111

There’s even animal rescue groups on there!

[Daffynition]

The washouts from Radio City Music Hall thank AlBore for the mention.

[jude24]

I thought of that as soon as I saw the headline.

"Pinchy would have wanted it this way...."

[elcid1970]

It was Sean Hannity’s liberal “Flipper” girl who bought two `Lobstergram’ crustaceans and released them into lethal fresh water.

El Rushbo covered the story where a horrified Katie Couric watched a chef slice & dice a live lobster for sauteeing in the pan. She lead an effort to sue the chef LOL.

[dalereed]

That broad needs to be locked up in a mental ward!!!!!!!!

[Yo-Yo]

Shaw said she is preparing to travel to the Maritimes region of eastern Canada Monday to let Dee Dee go into the wild.

Hopefully, this time the Lobster's rescuers will remember to remove the rubber bands from the claws before releasing.

http://www.mndaily.com/daily/1998/02/06/news/ap301.ap/

"A close-up on TV that aired Tuesday and Wednesday showed the rubber band firmly stuck on the lobster's claw. That's when the calls started coming in -- about 100 to WHDH in Boston, and more to KUSA in Denver."

[Oztrich Boy]

You should laways use claw locks: Otherwise a predator may take your claw and use it against you.

[Rational Thought]

LOL!!

Is that a recent picture of Dee-Dee?

[mkleesma]

“Shaw said she is preparing to travel to the Maritimes region of eastern Canada Monday to let Dee Dee go into the wild”

Geez, I hope there’s a guy standing about 20 feet away with a big net and a pot of boiling water.

[I still care]

Was anyone really going to kill the lobster? It seems a shame to do that to a hundred year old animal, and it probably wouldn’t taste that good.

I would have liked to see a lobster that big go to an exhibit, with a display on the side on how big it was when Taft was president, during WWI, the stock market crash, etc.

That would have been a great educational experience for the kids.

[Bob]

Soylent Green is a 1973 dystopian science fiction movie depicting a future in which the greenhouse gas effect results in severe damage to the environment.

Someone appears to be rewriting history. As I recall the story, overpopulation (per Erlich) was the cause of all of the world's troubles.

[t1b8zs]

I think your right......Nothing about green house gasses in this or any other 73 movie......

[piytar]

I’m reminded of that video of a seal that was released only to be eaten by an orca right away. Anyone got a handy link?

[Brainhose]

Reminds me of a Lobster that was “rescued” up here in Boston several years ago. The idiot PETA nut released it into the surf, which is retarded enough but the d*bag also neglected to take the pegs out of its claws. So even if the poor critter made it to a lobster friendly area, it was completely defenseless