Would You Buy These Key Chains?
The hottest fad in China now is selling live fish, terrapins and baby salamanders that are sealed in airtight plastic bags and made into key chains. Street vendors claim the water is rich in nutrients, but this is apparently not true. Without oxygen and food the animals get to live for only a few days, if they are lucky. The most depressing part is, this is legal. Would you buy this if you see it in Malaysian stalls one day?
Cute? No. Live Terrapins inside key chains
According to a description on the Ocean Story website, each packet is a mere 7cm in length, and is filled with coloured water along with the imprisoned live creature.
stomp.com.sgWithout oxygen and food the animals get to live for only a few days, if they are lucky. The most depressing part is, this is legal.
stomp.com.sgOther cases of key chains with live animals inside
Living keychains containing small turtles and king fish are currently sold in China, despite protests from animal activists
odditycentral.comAnimal rights groups are appalled by a new popular trinket being sold on the streets of China - live animal key rings.
nzherald.co.nzThe keyrings are being sold mainly to children in Qingdao, the city hosting the sailing events.
thesun.co.ukA new low in animal cruelty, China is selling key chains, containing a nutrient enriched solution that they claim will allow the animal to survive for up to 2 months.
weinterrupt.comChinese vendors have been selling pretty depressing keychains that consist of either a Brazil turtle or two small kingfish sealed inside a small plastic baggy.
geekosystem.comThe 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.
weinterrupt.comEach baggy, seven centimeters in length, is filled with colored liquid and the imprisoned animal(s) of choice.
geekosystem.comThe 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.
geekosystem.comAnimal protection law of the People's Republic of China
The animal protection law of the People's Republic of China is a draft of an animal protection law in China released on September 18, 2009.
wikipedia.orgThe draft was authored by Chang Jiwen, director of social law research department at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. It has yet to be fully adopted.
wikipedia.orgThe draft law outlines guidelines for disease prevention & med. care for animals. It covers wildlife, farm, companion, lab, and work animals. If enacted, it would outlaw dogs & cats consumption
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