Revelations: Lobby Joe Goes Home

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It’s not an attractive animal, but I tell people to close their eyes and picture something cuter waiting to die in the deli section.’
It’s not an attractive animal, but I tell people to close their eyes and picture something cuter waiting to die in the deli section.’

Canada vegan helps lobster make epic journey from supermarket to ocean

“By the time Lobby Joe was released back into the waters on Canada’s east coast, the Atlantic lobster had travelled thousands of kilometres on a journey that had cost hundreds of dollars.

The lobster’s long voyage began when he was spotted sitting alone in a tank in a northern Ontario supermarket, by Christine Loughead. Perhaps because she was a vegan, she found the crustacean’s probable fate unbearable. “It weighed on my psyche more and more,” she told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Then it dawned on her. “It’s not too late to help. He’s alive.”

Consider the Lobster: It’s the Least We Can Do

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