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Live goldfish in unofficial Beijing Olympic keychains
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by jessica.lam | June 4, 2008 at 08:47 am
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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.
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at 09:19 on June 4th, 2008
CRAAAAAZY!!!
at 21:39 on June 4th, 2008
Goldfish line up for feeding.
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at 01:50 on June 5th, 2008
Good story, the problem with this is that there would not be people selling them if there was not a profit to be made. Articles like this will hopefully help people make a sensible choice when faced by one of these traders.
at 14:09 on June 5th, 2008
It's so dumb , how long would one of these fish even last without food?
at 20:48 on June 7th, 2008
free-swimming koi in pond
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at 21:57 on June 8th, 2008
So cruel. :(
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