Hard-hearted bureaucrats in Maine have denied PETA’s request to erect a beautiful roadside tombstone memorializing thousands of innocent lobsters who lost their lives in a truck crash earlier this month.
The state’s Department of Transportation informed People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals on Thursday that the scene of the Aug. 22 crash falls along a “Controlled-Access Highway,” which means all forms of signage are prohibited. The brave lobsters are now at risk of being lost to history, destined to fade into the proverbial mist of time, gone but also forgotten amid the fast pace of modern life.
Breaking: the Maine DOT has DENIED a request from PETA to put up a memorial tombstone for the lobsters that died on Rt 1 crash @NECN @NBC10Boston pic.twitter.com/NpFfR9ymLX
— Danielle Waugh NBC 10 Boston (@DWaughNBCBoston) August 30, 2018
PETA had hoped to erect a five-foot-tall granite tombstone that read, “In Memory of the Lobsters Who Suffered and Died at This Spot.” The marker would have also included PETA’s logo and the phrase, “Try Vegan.” Sure, an estimated 4,500 lobsters perished, tragically far from the melted butter and corn on the cob with which they were destined to find full glory. But soulless officials in Maine insist reasonable regulations and public safety are more important than honoring our crustacean friends.
The Portland Press Herald noted, “PETA argues that lobsters have feelings and ‘sophisticated’ nervous systems — a belief that is at odds with scientists who say lobsters do not have well-developed nervous systems.” As has been established, science is irrelevant where feelings are involved.
I do hope the lobsters are able to find peace.
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