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Feb. '12

mariellanicole: Keyring ornaments are perhaps the most useless item you’ll ever carry in your pocket or stuff in your purse — but now, thanks to an increasingly popular item being sold in China, it can easily be the cruelest, too. For the price you might expect to pay for some kitschy trinket, Chinese street vendors are selling live animals, permanently sealed in a small plastic pouch where they can survive for a short while as someone’s conversation piece. Apparently, these unimaginably inhumane keyrings are actually quite popular — and worst of all, it’s totally legal. Despite the fact that the selling of animals as keyring ornaments is a clear-cut case of animal cruelty, it is actually entirely within the law. Chinese law prohibits the sale of wild animals — a designation which evidently does not apply to the Brazil turtles and kingfish being sold. For the time being, in lieu of legislation which may or may not come to pass outlawing the sale of living creatures as objects of amusement, Xiaona suggests people use their better sense to squelch the trade. “If nobody buys it, the market will die,” she says. Sadly, it is likely that so too will the animals which have already been sealed in their colorful, transparent tombs — gasping for the final breath of air they’ve been packaged with, as they peer out to a world in which their lives are considered essentially worthless. And in such a dark hour, it’s hard not to believe our very humanity awaits a similar fate.

mariellanicole:

Keyring ornaments are perhaps the most useless item you’ll ever carry in your pocket or stuff in your purse — but now, thanks to an increasingly popular item being sold in China, it can easily be the cruelest, too. For the price you might expect to pay for some kitschy trinket, Chinese street vendors are selling live animals, permanently sealed in a small plastic pouch where they can survive for a short while as someone’s conversation piece. Apparently, these unimaginably inhumane keyrings are actually quite popular — and worst of all, it’s totally legal.

Despite the fact that the selling of animals as keyring ornaments is a clear-cut case of animal cruelty, it is actually entirely within the law. Chinese law prohibits the sale of wild animals — a designation which evidently does not apply to the Brazil turtles and kingfish being sold.

For the time being, in lieu of legislation which may or may not come to pass outlawing the sale of living creatures as objects of amusement, Xiaona suggests people use their better sense to squelch the trade. “If nobody buys it, the market will die,” she says.

Sadly, it is likely that so too will the animals which have already been sealed in their colorful, transparent tombs — gasping for the final breath of air they’ve been packaged with, as they peer out to a world in which their lives are considered essentially worthless. And in such a dark hour, it’s hard not to believe our very humanity awaits a similar fate.

  1. bottomofmyocean reblogged this from fiveminutesofeverything and added:
    This is disgusting. My baby turtles :(
  2. fiveminutesofeverything reblogged this from chordodinson
  3. letthewaternotcomplain reblogged this from bambinodelloro
  4. bambinodelloro reblogged this from chordodinson and added:
    Oh look, America! A new trend for you to cash in on since you don’t care about animal welfare that does not involve cats...
  5. chordodinson reblogged this from sartiebodyshots
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  7. deathislivinginmyhead reblogged this from bleetroll and added:
    Heartless people. What is wrong with humanity today? Seriously.
  8. sarahlikeamillionsuns reblogged this from tartielove
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  10. bleetroll reblogged this from tartielove and added:
    deep sigh at humanity
  11. atalia-marie reblogged this from tartielove and added:
    Steal all the bags, free all the turtles
  12. tartielove reblogged this from mariellanicole and added:
    I would buy them then cut them out...but then thats just increasing
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    The fuck, China?
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    kidding me?!?! what...wrong w people??????
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