Members of PETA were grief stricken today when they received the news that a very large entree had kicked the bucket:

He dodged lobster pots for decades, endured a trip from the coast of Massachusetts to Pittsburgh and survived about a week in a fish market. But a trip to the zoo proved to be too much for a 22-pound lobster named Bubba.

The leviathan of a lobster died Wednesday afternoon at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium about a day after he was moved from Wholey's Market, said zoo spokeswoman Rachel Capp and Bob Wholey, owner of the fish market.

In lieu of flowers, please send bibs and melted butter to:

The Bubba Fund for Lobsters Who
Aren't Too Big and Old to Eat
Care of PETA
P.O. Box 42516,
Washington, DC 20015