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blingostarr: -expectopatronum: summersauce: in China, live animals such as turtles and fishes are sealed inside plastic pouches to be used as keychains. Exposed to harsh dyes, the animals soon suffocate and die. This is 100% legal and becoming increasingly popular. REBLOG to spread the word and put a stop to this cruel practice. KEYCHAINS?!! ARE YOU ACTUALLY FUCKING KIDDING ME? WHAT IS WRONG WITH CHINA?! Okay I’m just gonna copypasta an article with more information about this.”According to Global Times, the sale of small live-animal key chains is on the rise in China. Turtles and fish are being sealed up in airtight plastic containers and sold as trinkets to shoppers with growing popularity. Venders claim the water inside the pouch is nutrient-rich, and that the animals can live for a month or longer. Sadly, we’ve heard this total nonsense before. Back in 2008, Olympics paraphernalia hawkers delved into pocket-sized animal abuse as well. Worst of all, the practice remains completely legal in China. Animal cruelty laws in China are pretty much non-existent, and cover only wild animals, according to Global Times. Fish need oxygen to breathe, as do turtles, so regardless of how many bogus claims the venders make about the water, these animals die in a matter of days, if not hours. According to Xinhua, the key chains are becoming increasingly popular around elementary schools, where they are marketed to students from the stationary shops surrounding campus. They sell for as little as 5 kuai. It’s an example of total abuse, neglect, and utter disregard for life. Almost worse than the venders are their adult customers, who snatch them up because they’re “cute” or think they’ll bring good luck. It would take less than a few minutes of actual thought to realize how twisted it is to carry around a small, suffocating creature for personal amusement. This is the second animal rights controversy involving goldfish in as many months. Earlier this year, controversy plagued the CCTV gala, where magician Fu Yandong (aka ‘the goldfish whisperer’) was questioned by animal rights activists over his treatment of fish in the show.”  (http://shanghaiist.com/2011/04/02/live_animal_key_chains.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery) It’s the vendors who are being cruel, and the ignorant people buying them are…well, blissfully ignorant to how abusive this really is. That is soooo mean!!! i hope that whoever buys one of these suffocates & dies..
Jan 25th 2012 · 40,786 notes
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    reblog and share, justice must be done
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    China once again shows abusiveness over...lets not forget children. Seriously, get your...
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    But. I want one.
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    What the hell is wrong with them!?! Stop animal cruelty!
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    wow what makes people think of horrible things like this :|
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    That is soooo mean!!! i hope that whoever buys one of these suffocates & dies..
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    This is so repulsive…
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    The worse par about this is that people would actually buy it. This is sad….
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