The macabre trend that is still popular in China? The keychain with small Brazilian turtles and live fish, inside a sealed plastic package filled with a colored liquid. The not very recent phenomenon, brought to the attention of the world about a year ago with several articles in international newspapers, is continuing to indign the net through the disturbing youtube videos that are bouncing on blogs and social networks these days.
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The macabre trend that is still depopulating in China? Il keychain with small Brazilian turtles e live fish, inside a sealed plastic package filled with a colored liquid. The phenomenon, not very recent and brought to the attention of the world about a year ago with several articles in international newspapers, is continuing to anger the network through the disturbing youtube videos that are bouncing on blogs and social networks these days.
Vendors stand in subway stations, train stations or in places of great influx of people and show their "wares" made of living creatures, assuring passersby that, thanks to the colorful water, rich in nutrients, these animals will be able to live in the keychain for several months.
The even more disturbing thing is that once they become "corpses", as written on the instructions, you can insert the keychain in the microwave for 15 seconds and eat the sea creatures, perhaps sipping an ice cold beer.
All with the backing of Chinese law that does not consider these horrendous keychains an animal abuse.
For this Mary Peng |, co-founder of the International Center for Veterinary Services is fighting to have it banned and considered "pure animal abuse". Also because it is well understood that the oxygen present in the sealed container would allow the animals to survive for a maximum of a few hours. With or without liquid "with great nutritional properties".
Several Chinese animal welfare organizations are also protesting to end this booming business.
