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How Kipper the catfish burnt the house down By Simon de Bruxelles Kipper proved an all-too-apt name for the catfish thought to have started the fire by splashing water from his aquarium onto sockets below. The creature perished in the flames (Stanley Rushall/BNPS) A CATFISH called Kipper is being blamed for starting a fire that destroyed his owner’s home. Kipper might have been an 8in (20cm) slippery customer, but was an unlikely suspect as a potential arsonist. Nonetheless Sharron Killahena, the fish’s owner, is sure that he was the culprit. Dripping water led to a short circuit that caused a...

An animal rights group wants the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach to gut its cafeteria menu of fish and seafood, arguing that "serving fish at an aquarium is like serving poodle burgers at a dog show." Like Lilo in the animated "Lilo and Stitch," who refused to make a tuna sandwich for her friend, Pudge, a fish, because it would be "an abomination," the head of the Fish Empathy Project for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said serving fish at an aquarium just isn't right. "An institution with a mission that includes teaching people to respect...