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Raffled lobster wins freedom

A giant lobster has been saved from the cooking pot after persistent lobbying from restaurant diners. The Miami Herald reports that 50 year old ‘Monstro’ is 37 inches long, and has 15-inch-long claws. He had been living in the lobster tank at a Massachusetts restaurant, and while half the customers wanted to eat him; the other half felt sorry for him. Restaurant owner Fred Cunha decided to raffle at $1 a ticket to reach Monstro’s retail price of $150, and let the winner decide his fate. Winner Claire Lupton returned Monstro to the ocean, saying that a lobster that big and old shouldn’t end up on a dinner plate.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .