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Woman Pays $1,000 to Rescue Lobster
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| 07.21.2008
| UPI
Posted on 07/20/2008 5:21:37 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Food; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; death; foodsupply; lobster; release
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I predict it won't live long...
To: All
Free Republic could use some wallets like that. See tag
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:23:28 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Have you donated to FR? If not, why not?)
To: Coffee200am
Frequently a rescued lobster is tossed into the nearest freshwater creek or stream where it quickly dies.
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:23:54 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
(We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
To: Coffee200am
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.......
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:25:09 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: LasVegasMac
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:27:06 PM PDT
by
Coffee200am
("We should all be living in mud huts and riding bicycles to avoid killing the polar bears..."/s)
To: Coffee200am
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:29:53 PM PDT
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
To: Coffee200am
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:34:24 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(In Cleveland: No one may kill a mouse in the streets without a hunting license)
To: Coffee200am
Yup, be surprised if it lasted a day in the wild...
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:35:43 PM PDT
by
piytar
To: Coffee200am
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.
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:41:26 PM PDT
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto!)
To: Coffee200am
I have just two words to say about this story; “clarified butter”.
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posted on
07/20/2008 5:41:47 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: Coffee200am
Anybody remember the Rush Limbaugh story about a bidding war over a lobster?
To: piytar
picture a kitten being released into the amazon rain forest
some people simply care too much
To: Coffee200am
To: Coffee200am
Now yer talkin’! Yum, Yum ....
To: Daffynition
It's lobster day on FR .... Don't eat the tomalley! ;-D Thats the green stuff, right ?
To: Mr_Moonlight
Yep ... the icky bright green stuff. The red stuff is the roe. ;(
To: Coffee200am
To: t1b8zs; Daffynition
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
To: Coffee200am
To: Mr_Moonlight
"It's lobster. Soylent Green is made out of lobster."
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