Current Events - Goldfish Sacrifice Their Lives for South Korean Toilets

          According to a certain source, goldfish are sacrificing their lives in order to check the water purity of South Korean toilets.  Note that they are not doing this willingly - the Convention and Exhibition Center is hosting this event and are using the fish to do this.  The goldfish are testing the purity of water released into Korean restrooms.  The testing is very simple: if the goldfish dies, the water is impure, but if the animal lives, the liquid is fit for restroom water.  The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), protest against the South Korean way of protecting the government toilets.  They state that fish can feel pain the same way as dogs, cats, and humans, and that it's just as important to protect them as well as the government.  Picture of goldfish below.

           I think that the South Korean government should NOT be doing this.  It's totally unfair the poor fish, and there is tons of new technology that can determine how clean water is out there.  It is really cruel to hurt animals just to see if bathroom water is sanitary enough!  I agree with the PETA.  There are many better solutions to goldfish on this planet, and we shouldn't be harming creatures that have every right to live as us, to determine something as low as restroom water.  It just isn't fair.

Originally written by: Discovery News employee
Written on: Novemeber 12, 2010
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