Screw the whales - Save the Goldfish!

[Wizzo]

Why are vendors in Qingdao, China putting goldfish inside of these mini-keychains and selling them off? Well, money, of course. But how twisted is this, for real? Sources say that the fish inside would only survive a few hours, and is usually lucky to get past the manufacturing phase in one piece. 

China must have some sort of animal cruelty laws set-up in their government, so I doubt that these Live Goldfish Keychains will last very long. But what the hell?! Even if the fish survived would people even actually rock this on their keys?

If you see these for sale anywhere then please buy them all up and set the little guys free - oh, and then go back and punch the vendor in the face for me! 

[Steven Roy]

I think the answer to your question about why they are putting goldfish in the keyrings is because the whales won't fit.

[CrazyHorse]

they eat whales dont they

the oxygen in the water wont last very long then the little fishy can get fried

[Alianora La Canta]

China has no animal welfare laws as such, though there are programs in place to restrict the extent to which endangered animals are killed. As the goldfish is not considered an endangered species, there are no restrictions at all on what can be done with them. Still, I don't understand what possible attraction there could be in having a live goldfish on a keyring...

[Steven Roy]

A live gold fish on a key ring I can kind of understand but a rotting dead goldfish is a little bit harder to comprehend.

[cosworth151]

It could be worse. They could give the poor fish a lead contaminated Chinese toy to play with.