PETA has filed a lawsuit against the Maine Lobster Festival, arguing the steaming of lobsters is “egregiously cruel." ...

PETA is suing the Maine Lobster Festival, saying that by steaming live lobsters, the festival is violating Maine’s law ...

The animal rights organization says lobsters can feel pain and that the city's decision to allow the festival to steam them ...

ROCKLAND, Maine — People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) filed a lawsuit Thursday in Knox County Superior Court ...

PETA argues in the suit that the festival is “one of the most egregious violations of Maine’s animal protection statutes ...

The practice of boiling roughly 16,000 lobsters alive amounts to torment, torture and cruelty, alleges the lawsuit filed by ...

The lawsuit asks the court to declare the festival a public nuisance and prohibit boiling lobster on public land.

R OCKLAND, Maine — A blood curdling scream rings out on Main Street, a block from where the Maine Lobster Festival is ...

The debate over whether lobsters feel pain — and the most humane way to cook Maine’s most famous export — has raged for years ...

Regarding the July 24 article “PETA sues Maine Lobster Festival in an effort to stop steaming of 20,000 pounds of live lobster,” I say kudos to PETA. Lobsters are living creatures that, of course, ...

Animal rights organization PETA is suing the city of Rockland and the Maine Lobster Festival, claiming the festival is ...