Live fish and turtle key rings are all the rage in China

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07 Apr 2011, 4:31 pm

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Live fish and turtle key rings are all the rage in China
The latest fashion accessories in China are live fish and turtle key rings – and in China they are totally legal!

These trinkets seal the unfortunate fish or turtle inside a 7cm plastic bag, where no doubt the oxygen will become quickly depeleted and there's no way of feeding them.

The key rings are often sold outside subway entrances and train stations.

But, as the Global Times points out, there is no existing animal protection law that would prevent their sale, despite an outcry from animal protection groups who want an immediate ban.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=3791

This is like something Ted Bundy would invent. It just looks sick to me.

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07 Apr 2011, 4:36 pm

That's horrible! If animals in general somehow get revenge on us humans, I won't blame them.

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07 Apr 2011, 5:33 pm

Such a waste. Turtles are great animals

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07 Apr 2011, 5:58 pm

I think that's a better fashion accessory than having babies like some young teen American girls do. Those key-chains don't seem much different than poodles in purses.

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07 Apr 2011, 6:20 pm

The purses people put poodles in, do not asphyxiate and/or starve the poodles.

This would be more akin to sealing a poodle in a Hefty Bag and dragging it about.

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07 Apr 2011, 6:29 pm

i liek turtlez

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07 Apr 2011, 8:50 pm

That's a horrible thing to do to those defenseless animals.

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07 Apr 2011, 9:08 pm

that is a sickening thing to do to such wonderful animals. :evil:

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07 Apr 2011, 11:02 pm

This is far less cruel than the practices involved in producing most Westerners' latest meal.

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08 Apr 2011, 1:09 am

at least they don't claim it's medicine.
presumably you could free the turtles if you wanted..

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08 Apr 2011, 12:23 pm

Looks like an April Fools joke still doing the rounds to me.

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08 Apr 2011, 12:26 pm

FTM wrote:

Looks like an April Fools joke still doing the rounds to me.

Could be possible, but for some reason I don't really doubt the legitimacy of this.

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08 Apr 2011, 2:26 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

FTM wrote:

Looks like an April Fools joke still doing the rounds to me.

Could be possible, but for some reason I don't really doubt the legitimacy of this.

Yeah, plus it's 4 days after April Fools, so I doubt it's a joke.

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08 Apr 2011, 2:46 pm

Metalwolf wrote:

jmnixon95 wrote:

FTM wrote:

Looks like an April Fools joke still doing the rounds to me.

Could be possible, but for some reason I don't really doubt the legitimacy of this.

Yeah, plus it's 4 days after April Fools, so I doubt it's a joke.

Maybe that's so it would be more believable

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08 Apr 2011, 4:21 pm

^Well, no. Because you don't do April Fool's jokes 4 days after.

About the turtle/fish thing, whyyyyyyyyyyyy? What the hell are these people thinking? This is just cruel towards the turtles and fish, when that animal dies it would be a great accessory won't it. :roll: A rotting fish in a plastic case, lovely.

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09 Apr 2011, 8:25 am

nick007 wrote:

Metalwolf wrote:

jmnixon95 wrote:

FTM wrote:

Looks like an April Fools joke still doing the rounds to me.

Could be possible, but for some reason I don't really doubt the legitimacy of this.

Yeah, plus it's 4 days after April Fools, so I doubt it's a joke.

Maybe that's so it would be more believable

Looking at the link the story is from early March so it's probably not an April Fools still doing the rounds. How long can a turtle live with so little air?

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