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Newest Animal Torture Device
In celebration of the 2008 Olympics, vendors in Qingdao China have decided to sell heart shaped plastic keychains. With a live goldfish inside.
Why These Should Never Be Sold
Since these keychains are sealed, there is very little air, and no way to feed the goldfish trapped inside them. One of 5 olympic mascots are on each keychain, and while they are not official merchandise, you would think that someone at some point in the idea would have realized this would not go over well with the general public.
If this wasn't bad enough, not all of the goldfish even survive being put into the things and shipped off to be sold! Just hours after buying them, the goldfish are dead, if they live even that long. Between the lack of air, no way to feed them, the trauma they endure from being shaken up and swung around, and the fact that these keychains are easily punctured, I'm surprised any survived past the first idea.
Many animal rights groups are calling for a boycott of the summer Olympics in protest.
If this wasn't bad enough, not all of the goldfish even survive being put into the things and shipped off to be sold! Just hours after buying them, the goldfish are dead, if they live even that long. Between the lack of air, no way to feed them, the trauma they endure from being shaken up and swung around, and the fact that these keychains are easily punctured, I'm surprised any survived past the first idea.
Many animal rights groups are calling for a boycott of the summer Olympics in protest.
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- alteredkat alteredkat May 2, 2009 @ 4:59 pm
- 5* for bringing this to my attention...so sad... :o(
...thanks by the way for visiting my recycling toothbrush lens...I appreciate it!
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- Spook Spook Jul 27, 2008 @ 1:48 pm
- So uncalled for and I agree it's pointless and cruel, but boycotting the summer games would not be my choice.
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- The_Homeopath The_Homeopath Jul 26, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
- One of the stupidest things I've ever seen. Animal activism aside for a moment, do the manufacturers really think that people want a dead fish putrifying in their souvenier?
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- Frankster Frankster Jul 26, 2008 @ 8:28 am
- I am once again appalled by the China. The things that are done to animals in China are barbaric and inhumane. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please visit Boycott China For Crimes Against Animals to see how they torture and abuse animals (dogs, cats, bears to name a few) by the thousands every year and what you can do about it.
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