Posted on 06/09/2008 5:31:46 PM PDT by Daffynition
Animal welfare groups have described sales of live goldfish trapped inside unofficial Olympic merchandise in China as “shocking”.
Waterfront traders in Qingdao, where Olympic sailing events will take place this summer, have been selling the fish inside heart-shaped novelty plastic key rings.
A cheerful picture of a boy called Huanhuan - one of five mascots for the 2008 games - is printed on the front of a sealed plastic bag containing the fish, with no room to swim and a short supply of oxygen inside.
The RSPCA spokesman said: “The fish would have little oxygen available and it would be impossible to feed the fish.
“The fish would survive just a few hours, and would be lucky to make it from the manufacturers to the point of sale.
“This product shows a shocking lack of respect for a living thing and should be withdrawn from sale.
“We are shocked and appalled. It is a gimmick and shows no respect for the animals at all.
“We can’t understand why anyone would want to buy such a thing.”
For once I gotta agree with the PETAfreaks. That’s kinda pointless considering the fact that the vast majority of them will be dead in a matter of hours.
Ditto.
Buy about a 100 of them and have a good supper.
It’s CHINA. They’re probably selling them as snacks. You can eat them raw — sushi-style — or pop ‘em in the microwave for 45 seconds and have fish broth.
If it were mosquitoes or cockroaches I’d be ok with it.
Ditto.
Goldfish were in abundance with a price on their heads.
scorpions too
Choclate cover grasshoppers,yum yumm, Wonder if that’s where Kit-Kats come from?
Never tried them,but they’re a fish,I’d do it.Probably melt in your mouth.
Been to the Far East,watch out for Catch Words.
These goldfish will not starve or die from suffocation.
Kids will shake them to death long before that happens.
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