September 17, 2004 -- SOME people get arrested for a cause — Edward Furlong just got busted for some claws.
The "Terminator 2" actor was locked up Wednesday night in northern Kentucky for "alcohol intoxication in a public place" after he tried to liberate a group of lobsters from a local grocery store's fish tank.
Furlong, a longtime animal-rights supporter who once refused to wear leather in a Calvin Klein ad, pulled the crustacean caper with friends at Meijer grocery store in Florence, Ky., according to a police report.
"The above and his friends were taking lobsters out of the tanks, when they were asked not to, they began to argue with management," reads the report.
When cops tried to frisk Furlong, "He put his arms above his head and started spinning around," an eyewitness tattled.
Furlong is on location for the filming of a movie called "Jimmy & Judy," by first-time directors Jon Schroder and Randall Rubin. Schroder bailed Furlong out of jail after only three hours behind bars, and the actor was back on the movie's set yesterday.
His reps did not return calls.
Furlong has always had a soft spot for animals. After filming a scene with two rats in John Waters' "Pecker," Furlong, fearing that the animals would be killed after the movie wrapped, called PETA and asked them to find the rodents a home. "Animals aren't props to be discarded when the movie is over," Furlong said at the time.