New Yorkers Are Getting Soft

Elderly NYC Lobster in Restaurant Tank Gets A New Lease On Life

That's what a Manhattan lobster got Friday, when the 20-pound crustacean named George was released from a swanky Park Avenue restaurant's tank.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is applauding City Crab and Seafood for allowing the old-timer to live out his days in freedom.

Lobsters typically live to be 100-plus. PETA, using a rule of thumb based on weight, estimates George is about 140.

The lobster was caught off Newfoundland, Canada. He lived in the restaurant's tank for about 10 days. He is to be released Saturday near Kennebunkport, Maine, in an area where lobster trapping is forbidden.

In Ming's day we would have made him an exhibit on the Coney Island Boardwalk and maybe even gotten him a social security card so his checks could be made available to his deserving caretakers, strictly for use in his upkeep during his golden years of course.