ROCKLAND, Maine (WMTW/CNN NEWSOURCE/WKRC) - The Maine Lobster Festival is facing a lawsuit from animal rights group PETA, which claims that festival organizers are torturing lobsters by boiling them ...

A new law in Switzerland will make it illegal to boil live lobsters to prevent the animals from suffering unnecessarily. The crustaceans must be stunned or killed instantly before cooking. The Swiss ...

Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has lodged a lawsuit against one of the largest seafood events in the U.S., calling it an "egregious" display of "torture and ...

Anyone who has ever been in the same room as a lobster boiling knows the distinctive sound of its scream as it’s cooked alive. The sound is not actually a scream — lobsters do not have vocal cords — ...

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has announced a lawsuit against the Maine Lobster Festival, claiming that boiling lobsters alive is unlawful and cruel. The animal rights ...

The United Kingdom has officially ruled that boiling lobsters alive violates existing animal welfare law, marking a turning ...

On a gloomy winter night, there is no quicker way to evoke a sunny seaside holiday than boiling a live lobster. Your distance from the coast is immaterial. A central London flat will soon be enveloped ...