PETA calls Maine lobster festival ‘egregiously cruel’ in new lawsuit against coastal city

Source: New York Post

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has filed a lawsuit against a lobster festival in Maine, calling the steaming of lobsters “egregiously cruel. ” PETA filed the lawsuit on July 24 against the Maine Lobster Festival and the City of Rockland, asking the court to stop the steaming of lobsters. The group said the judge should declare the event a “public nuisance.