Living sea creatures are being captured and sold as keyrings! This is disgusting and should not be allowed!!

Live fish and small turtles sealed in plastic keychains have become increasingly popular items sold at subway entrances and train stations across China.

The living keychains containing  Brazilian turtles or king fish swimming in colored water are considered good-luck charms by many Chinese, but animal protection groups are outraged and call them a perfect example of “pure animal abuse”. Business is booming according to Chinese online newspaper Global Times, which reports one fish and nine turtle rings have been sold in just five minutes, on Tuesday, at the Sihui subway station, in Beijing.

According to vendors, the colored water in the 7-centimeter-long keychains contains nutrients that allow fish and turtles to live inside for months. While that may be true, Mary Peng, cofounder of the International Center for Veterinary Services, says they couldn’t survive in the sealed bag for very long, due to lack of oxygen.

While animal rights activists are protesting loudly against the sale of living keychains, there isn’t much else they can do, because China only has a Wild Animal Protection Law – if the animals are not wild animals they fall outside the law’s scope. Until the law changes to protect all kinds of animals, activists can only appeal to people not to buy them, and hope the market will die due to lack of customers.

Although some people buy these bizarre keychains to carry around for good-luck, there are those who buy them just to free the poor creatures from their tiny plastic cage.

Sign: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-living-creatures-being-sold-as-keyrings 

I felt like getting high. but the guy told me he’ll get home by tuesday. too late. so I took a taxi to the shop. then I sat down under that ugly bridge and got drunk and was convinced I’ll just die there. then I got up when it got dark outside and went home. then my father yelled at me, then my mother did. then a thought of him made me cry for the fifth time today if I remember well. and he said he got drunk too and I don’t think he had the same thoughts. I’m not sure why they are so cold. but maybe I am the one, I don’t know. I hate these past few weeks. I have no confidence. I feel ugly. like a burden nothing else. and I’m writing all this on a tumblr blog. but that’s okay. just wanted to make myself feel better. tomorrow I don’t want to feel lonely. I wish my mom would kiss me tomorrow. and he’d tell me he cares. loves. and a friend would hug me. it would fill in the hole in my throath. because these days are just sucking the life out of my chest. tiresome.