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Have funfair goldfish had their chips? (Activists say it's cruel to put fish in baggies)
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| 7.7.03
Posted on 07/07/2003 3:55:21 PM PDT by mhking
LONDON (Reuters) - Funfairs could come under pressure this summer to scrap the age-old tradition of giving away goldfish as prizes because the practice is seen as cruel.
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Winning a goldfish in a plastic bag, as synonymous with funfairs as candy floss and a ride on the dodgems, may be on the way out if the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has its way.
"We would like to see the end of goldfish in little plastic bags," a spokeswoman for the animal welfare group said on Monday.
"The fish can suffer stress and can die from a result of changes in temperature. Those little bags can heat up surprisingly quickly in the sunshine," she said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: carnivals; childhood; countyfairs; dogooders; fairs; funfairs; funpolice; goldfish; london
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posted on
07/07/2003 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
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posted on
07/07/2003 3:55:40 PM PDT
by
mhking
(Your kid may be an honor student, but you still drive like an idiot.)
To: mhking
I agree. Using baggies is cruel.
They should use blenders.
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posted on
07/07/2003 3:56:21 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: All
Hi Mom!
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posted on
07/07/2003 3:57:58 PM PDT
by
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To: mhking
To: mhking
Cat juggling is still going to be permitted at the fairs though, right? Right??!!!
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:10:16 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: mhking
Add me to the "hold muh beer" ping list please!
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:11:40 PM PDT
by
visualops
(HAM AND EGGS: a day's work for a chicken; a lifetime commitment for a pig.)
To: mhking
Free the goldfish.
Bag the activists.
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:12:50 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(MOAB, the greatest advance in Foreign Relations since the cat-o'-nine-tails!)
To: Sweet_Sunflower29
To: mhking
Reminds me of the time me and my cousin were out fishing, but all we could catch were some carp. We laid them out on the road to watch them get run over.
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:20:06 PM PDT
by
Sofa King
(-I am Sofa King- tired of liberal BS!)
To: mhking
Is the cruelty the way that the fish are stored? Would a tank be allowed?
Is the cruelty inthe way that the fish are given to the kids (in a plastic baggie as one might get at the pet store)?
Or is the cruelty that kids will bring home a goldfish but not have the responsibility to keep it fed and result in a dead fish?
It sounds like they are wanting to ban the practice altogether so I'd bank that the third reason is the real issue (pets and honeybees are nothing more than "animal slavery" < /sarcasm >)
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:26:50 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: mhking
Have funfair goldfish had their chips? (Activists say it's cruel to put fish in baggies)Darn. I thought the headline said:
Have funfair goldfish had their chips? (Activists say it's cruel to put fish in bagpipes)
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:49:29 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: Redcloak
Blenders are nothing, compared to centrifuges... (I've never done this... but I seen it done)
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:54:18 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: mhking
Uh oh.
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posted on
07/07/2003 4:58:50 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Over-achiever extraordinare!)
To: mhking
How do these fools think tropical fish always travel? They come in in plastic bags with water and oxygen from all over the worlds by air. After you pay in some cases hundreds of dollars for them, the store puts them back in a baggie for you to take home.
So9
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posted on
07/07/2003 5:48:09 PM PDT
by
Servant of the Nine
(Real Texicans; we're grizzled, we're grumpy and we're armed)
To: Redcloak
I agree. Using baggies is cruel. They should use blenders.
It's the Bass-o-matic!
"That's some great tasting bass!"
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posted on
07/07/2003 6:10:05 PM PDT
by
Thoro
To: Servant of the Nine
That's why I ask what the real issue is.
If a goldfish in a baggie is the prize for winning a shooting gallery game, they could keep the fish in a tank and then put them in the baggie to give to the kids.
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posted on
07/07/2003 6:10:25 PM PDT
by
weegee
To: mhking
Maybe the Royal Society should consider it
art . . .
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posted on
07/07/2003 6:49:27 PM PDT
by
BraveMan
To: mhking
"The fish can suffer stress and can die from a result of changes in temperature." I thought this was the precise reason why they are put in plastic bags. You take the plastic bag, with the fish inside, place it in the fishtank that is already prepared and ready for new fish. You put the plastic bag into the fishtank, so that the temperature of the water can become equal to the temperature of the water in the tank. Then you open the bag, and let the fish out. This way they aren't shocked by the difference in temperature.
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posted on
07/07/2003 6:53:50 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Lurking since 2000.)
To: mhking
While trying to think of a witty reply I think I will just take another bite out of my tuna sandwich.....
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posted on
07/07/2003 6:53:51 PM PDT
by
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