Live Animals Used As Keychains

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Sorry I would just like to say something about this cruel things. Why do people always feel the need to abuse LIFE! I am very sad to see this and I dunno what else to say. What is everyone's thoughts on this subject matter. In China they are selling live animals inside a key chain. They are sitting in a dyed solution in an air-tight sealed bag. They are saying this solution colour is to provide nutrients to the animal inside, anyone with a heart and a brain.. would know this is so false and wrong. I will post some pictures to show what i am speaking of I am not sure how to make it a "hidden drop-down" in case those who wish not to view them but only read this thread and make a comment. If a moderator can apply this thank you. I would also like to post an article to further read for our viewers here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=i9SwPetS-lc


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Chinese vendors have been selling pretty depressing keychains (two words I never thought I’d hear together) that consist of either a Brazil turtle or two small kingfish sealed inside a small plastic baggy. Each baggy, seven centimeters in length, is filled with colored liquid and the imprisoned animal(s) of choice. The vendors, who sell the baggies at the entrances to subways or train stations, claim the colored water is a “nutrient rich” solution that allows the live creatures shoved inside a seven centimeter bag to live for a few months, after which–if this story couldn’t get any more depressing–the animals die and, according to Helablog, “rumor has it…the cadavers are heated in the microwave for 15 seconds and eaten while enjoying an ice cold beer.”

If the existence of these keychains wasn’t depressing enough, the fact that they’re not illegal makes them even worse, as China only has a Wild Animal Protection Law, under which these keychains do not happen to fall. Since there is no law preventing the existence of these keychains, so there may not be an end to them anytime soon and, according to the Global Times, the depressing keychain business is doing well, as they reportedly watched one fish keychain and nine turtle keychains sell in five minutes time, to both people who think they’re neat, and others who buy the keychains to free the animals.

According to the cofounder of the International Center for Veterinary Services, Mary Peng, the fish and turtles wouldn’t survive too long in the sealed plastic bag due to the lack of oxygen, regardless of how “nutrient rich” the colored water may be. Animal protection groups are voicing their opinion on the matter, so hopefully they can quickly make progress toward getting these keychains made illegal.
 
Sorry It appears i posted this in the wrong section :(
 
That is disgusting :sick: Those people should be very ashamed of themselves. :angry: If it were me, I would buy em' all and put them in a nice big tank :D


:grr: And I thought this was bad:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Mickey-Mouse-Platy-Fish-Clear-Lucite-/190540905696?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2c5d1f7ce0#ht_3407wt_1037
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Zebra-Fish-Danio-rerio-Clear-Lucite-/200389881755?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2ea82aef9b#ht_2873wt_905
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Angel-Fish-Pterophyllum-scalare-Clear-/200387212083?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2ea8023333
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Black-Molly-Poecilia-sphenops-/190656121433?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2c63fd8a59#ht_2715wt_1037
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Millionfish-Poecilia-reticulate-Clear-/190338878221?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2c5114cb0d#ht_3614wt_1254
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fish-Keychain-Reddish-Moon-Fish-Clear-/190286771744?pt=UK_Collectables_AnimalCollectables_SM&hash=item2c4df9b620#ht_1722wt_1037
 
OMG, I wonder if those fish were placed dead in that glass/plastic square? Either way that's terrible. Did you report them yet on ebay?
 
Ah disgusting. Can't look at things like that. China and the like are so backward
 
we all know these are awful, so we don't want to give them any air on this forum. Thread closed.

Please don't take offence - it's just not something we want to see.
 
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