Live Animals Are Stuck Inside These Plastic Keychains

[Surya Gayatri]

This bizarre souvenir gives the phrase pocket pets new meaning.

Vendors in China have been selling live animal keychains for years: small plastic bubbles containing trapped turtles, fish, salamanders and frogs.



CNN first reported on them in 2011. The little animals are suspended in brightly colored liquid, often along with beads and other decorations, and are barely able to move.

The water supposedly contains oxygen and nutrients that can keep them alive for a few days.



Of course, animal activists have condemned the keychains as unnaturally cruel, as the animals inevitably die once their oxygen wears away.

In the best case scenario, they're freed from their prisons and end up as pets to people who aren't prepared to care for them.

There's also the psychological cruelty of trapping a sentient animal in a living grave.



Unfortunately it's not the first time animals have featured in unusual fashion trends. In South America, living beetles are covered in gems and worn as brooches. And earlier this year, a watch company unveiled a watch filled with live ants; after receiving widespread public backlash, the company said it was an early April Fool's joke.

https://www.thedodo.com/live-animal-keychains-china-1225684627.html

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Barbaric, cruel and callous. Sorry to say, I'm not at all surprised to find China's 'capitalist' entrepreneurs behind this inhumane trade.

[Faux pas]

1. Makes me

that is all.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Sickening, indeed. The very idea of carrying a suffering creature

around in your pocket or handbag...Barf!

[Faux pas]

54. Yep

nothing Humane there. It's all about the Benjamins or Renminbi, in China's case.

[cui bono]

67. And think of the factory farming to produce all of these.

Disgusting how horrible human beings can be.

[chervilant]

106. Disgusting how horrible human beings ARE... n/t

[Enthusiast]

112. You ain't seen nothing yet.

If the Fascists continue on their path of conquest.

[AuntPatsy]

2. Ugh just ugh,

[RKP5637]

3. So many people are absolutely so revolting and cruel. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth always

comes to mind, let the humans be punished.

[Surya Gayatri]

6. You have to wonder. When people/customers see the animal

squirming around in there, what the hell do they FEEL?

[freshwest]

17. Unfortunately, I suspect they feel superior and powerful to be able to dispose of life for a dime.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

70. Or they feel Cute. Cool. Fashionable.

In China, it (and I say "it" on purpose) is just food.

[Igel]

20. By blaming just the "capitalists,"

it allows others to avoid this question.

A lot of people, enough to say that the culture as a whole, don't care about such critters. (There are exceptions to any cultural generalization, of course.)

Where I live my kid was grossed out by the glee with which the neighborhood teens avidly pulled the tails and legs off of anoles that they caught, or pulled and chopped toads to pieces . When some of the kids pointed the mayhem out to their parents, they attitude was either "it's that funny" or "don't bring that in my house."

This is north of Houston. When Bush II in his childhood exploded toads, we blamed it on his upper-crust, heartless, soulless upbringing. Can't do that for my mostly black working-class neighborhood, so let's just blame it on teen males.

Then again, last night I slaughtered ants by the thousand with no remorse at all. Really, a fire ant hill 18-24" away from outside spigot I use for watering is a crappy place for them. (Esp. when you stand there, in flip-flops, in the dark.) The little bastards got what they deserved.

[Surya Gayatri]

29. Agree about the 'slaughter' of nuisance insects. Get them before they get you, I say.

And, you're right that 'capitalists' are no more prone to animal cruelty than anybody else.

But the wholesale 'merchandizing on a mass scale of such cruelty puts it in another category, IMO.

[packman]

68. I regret some of the things I did to ants also

My father worked in a glass factory and brought home a small lens used in spotlights - about 10 in in diameter. Of course, my brother and I went out and focused the sun's rays on everything that could burn. But, soon bored, we turned our attention to the ants in the yard and, sad to say, I burnt up quite a few with that death-heat ray.

[stevenleser]

115. They don't much care about humans there either. Their worker conditions are much worse than ours

Just google e-waste workers in China.

[phantom power]

5. That is fucked up

[Surya Gayatri]

7. Badly!

[procon]

8. That's horrible!

OK, I get there's a vast cultural gap here, but this is the ugly side of unrestricted, greedy capitalism where money trumps all, regardless of the consequences. isn't the true test of any civilization how well it cares for the ALL the vulnerable things in it's keeping? It doesn't just begin and end with human beings, and China has no bragging rights there, but everything is so interconnected that it must include the ecology, flora and fauna as well.

[Surya Gayatri]

10. You know what they say about the myriad species

that are going extinct in China as we speak?

Epitaph for a mass extinction: WELL, IT SURE TASTED GOOD!

[airplaneman]

84. Bingo - we have a winner. thanks.

isn't the true test of any civilization how well it cares for the ALL the vulnerable things in it's keeping?

absolutely
-Airplane

[FlatBaroque]

9. When I see something like this I can only imagine a galaxy

far away where humans are in the keychain.

[Surya Gayatri]

11. Perhaps we are hanging on a celestial keychain which

englobes our universe, and we don't even know it.

[MattBaggins]

22. We'll make great pets

[kjones]

40. Like me some Perry Ferrell! nt

[passiveporcupine]

91. Reminds me of a story I read as a kid

About a little boy who was picked up by a giant girl and kept in her pocket for her enjoyment. He learned compassion toward animals through that experience.

Maybe we need more people being dangled in keychains.

Those live things are all slowly dying from ammonia and/or nitrite poisoning in those little pouches. Plus they have no food. I wonder how long the people keep them in the pouches after they buy them?

This really makes me ill.

[Nay]

12. Absolutely disgusting. Humans are so casually cruel, just for profit or a joke or just

for their own jollies. It's why I'm basically a recluse.

[Surya Gayatri]

14. It IS, on occasion, very difficult to 'respect' one's fellow man, let alone 'love' them.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Sick and depraved!

[Surya Gayatri]

15. The lack of empathy for the evident suffering of

a living creature is disturbing.

[restorefreedom]

16. turtles are vertebrates

just like us. very sentient and advanced. hard to believe there isn.t some kind of international prohibition against this.

hopefully people are getting these and letting them out. but how many people know how to properly care for a baby turtle?

more depravity from the country that brings you the yulin dog eating festival

[Surya Gayatri]

31. Any country that finds dog meat to be a fine delicacy, is suspect in my book.

[Duppers]

100. Exactly.

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We visited a good friend in the great city of Shanghai 5yrs and we're appalled at how insensitive they are in protein choices and in what we were served (fried chicken=fried chicken head--not kidding).
We recently got a puppy and I made a sick joke that we should tell our Chinese friend that we're growing our own food.
Yep, sick, sick joke.

[lonestarnot]

18. Why is this cruelty culturally acceptable? Do people buy them so they can let them go?

Rates the same as a bullfight, or dog fight on the cruelty we humans force onto things weaker than we are.

[Surya Gayatri]

24. Unfortunately, the animal protection movement in

China is nascent at best and non-existent at worst.

[Sunlei]

19. Their culture is not known to be humane to 'pets', livestock or zoo animals.

I feel really bad for all the dolphins and Orcas at the new SeaWorld in China.

[Surya Gayatri]

21. Don't even want to contemplate that--SEA WORLD and China?

Lethal combination...

[restorefreedom]

25. proof positive that seaworld's new "we treat them well" campaign

is total bullshit.

clearly see world is feeling the financial affects if they now have to start going to countries who have a dismal record on treatment of animals to get new customers. This will be the last gasp of sea world.

[Surya Gayatri]

34. They're definitely on the way down...

[Sunlei]

44. I always imagine one of the Orcas so stressed & 'pushed' to perform going postal- like elephants do,

and 'suicide jump' right into the crowds of people.

[Surya Gayatri]

47. I think it's nearly happened a few times. That's a lot of orca to land on you and your kids.

[Sunlei]

52. They could certainly make that jump without much effort.

[AngryOldDem]

61. And that's why I have a real problem with it.

I saw this thread earlier and had to close it out of fear of posting something that would not be "PC." But between this and other examples of cruelty because of their stupidity (rhino horns), it's hard to want anything to do with them.

The animals in question are not "toys," "trinkets," or "novelties." They're real creatures that also deserve respect and humane treatment, no matter how small they are.

Goddamn...these stories just make me

[jwirr]

23. That is totally inhumane and needs to be stopped now. This is one item we should use

importation laws against.

[Adrahil]

26. Wow. That's.Fucked.Up. nt

[emmadoggy]

118. +1,000,000

Seriously fucked up. I can't even wrap my brain around people thinking this up - and thinking it's A-OK. WTF???!!!

[Omaha Steve]

27. I had a post in May about birds being smuggled in plastic pop bottles

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141086544

But this is out in the open!

K&R for the post.

OS

[Surya Gayatri]

35. Blatant, flagrant and sickening.

[Fred Sanders]

28. Fucked up as Sea World.

[Surya Gayatri]

36. I had no idea there was a SEA WORLD in China.

OMG! Those poor orcas and dolphins. No one could wish such a fate on them.

[Fred Sanders]

45. Indeed, American companies need to stop the animal cruelty as well.

Americans are world famous for throwing bricks from glass houses.

[Sunlei]

49. already open, a huge complex with hotels, and water parks.For their middle class families-keychain

animal consumers.

[Surya Gayatri]

51. Oh, cruelty, thy name is nouveau-riche Chinese consumers.

[retrowire]

30. ahhh wtf?!?!

my vegan senses are tingling!!!

[alphafemale]

32. I said "China" before I even opened this. nt

[LibDemAlways]

33. It reminds me of the way betta fish are

displayed in U.S pet stores -- in tiny cups leaving them barely enough room to turn around.

When I was a kid I bought a small lizard at the circus. It was sold in a box and had a leash around its neck. I let it go in the backyard.

Cruel treatment of helpless creatures is just wrong, always.

[Surya Gayatri]

38. If only more children had your sensitivity and tender heart.

[LuvLoogie]

59. Male Bettas are highly territorial

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and will fight each other if placed in the same tank. So that would be one fish per tank. You would be free to transfer yours to a larger bowl or tank. The only other fish the Betta might tolerate is a female betta.

[LibDemAlways]

64. I know. I had a betta I inherited from my

daughter who bought it while she was away at college. She saw it in a pet store and felt sorry for it. I know bettas are extremely territorial, but there's no excuse for keeping them in tiny cups. Last time I was in a pet store, I noticed that two of the bettas on display had died.

[LuvLoogie]

71. I agree, the cups are a relatively new thing to me

When I was a kid, the bettas were kept in small bowls. And the small independent pet stores were usually pretty good about maintaining them (just a few or several at a time).

There was a chain in the Chicago area called Petworld. My friend's dad was a VP. My friend and I would do tank maintenance and set ups and staple flyers/couponbooks for mailings back in Jr. High. It was a great gig.

Animals in pet stores are never in an ideal setting, but this disposable pet thing in China is just base. I don't think it's a capitalist thing, but more a general antipathy toward any life. I don't know if it was like this before Mao, but you hear about the legendary infanticide of girl children.

The subordination of the self to the cultural revolution and the shear size and homogeony of the populace must lend itself to sociopathy being a survival advantage, especially during the ideological cleansing of the proles.

I will never forget that video of a few years ago that showed a van driver mow down a toddler in the street. He slowed down slightly to slowly roll his back wheel over the poor child's battered body-perhaps to not upset his cargo too much. Other passers by just nonchalantly walked around and past her as if avoiding a puddle.

I don't want to link to the video here, because it would ruin your day. It would bring you great sorrow and take days to recover.

[magical thyme]

37. my god I hate humans so much sometimes...

what kind of sick perverted mind comes up with such a scheme? and what kind of sick perverted mind buys into it? despicable...

[Surya Gayatri]

43. Precisely, in what 'corporate' boardroom did a bunch of sadists

sit around and make that callous commercial decision?

And, here's our new business plan: animals in a bag on a chain.
Sounds like a winner. Let's do it!

[GummyBearz]

82. Its China...

They kill endangered species for "aphrodisiac" purposes... what makes you think they care about non-endangered species? Hell, if there was an endangered turtle in a key chain they would push and shove each other out of the way to buy it. But don't judge them, its a cultural difference. Lets not be ignorant here.

[RKP5637]

75. So many humans are absolute scum! I recall down south when they used to stack

alligators 10's of feet high as a tourist attraction, and those on the bottom were crushed. So many people are so damn fucked up and gross, absolute scum.

[brett_jv]

39. I would be in jail if I saw that ...

I don't think I could help myself from punching the person selling those things smack in the gob. Repeatedly.

Sick fucks ...

[navarth]

41. Sickness. Madness.

The kharma we're making for ourselves. Our greatest crime is that, while we destroy ourselves, we take down so many innocent species with us. Unforgivable.

[City Lights]

42. Ugh. WTF is wrong with people?

ARGH!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

46. I want to cry. I hate this so much.

When I was little I had pet turtles. I remember learning that the fad at that time of painting their shells killed them slowly and torturously. From then on, I announced that loudly anytime I saw them at vendors' stands, hoping to let people know.

It embarrassed my mother. Too bad. Sometimes I paid for it later, depending on her rage-levels that day/hour/moment.

I kept doing it anyway.

[Surya Gayatri]

48. It's really hard to look at. How could anyone want one of those chains--

to watch the creatures squirm in agony and then die?

[awoke_in_2003]

102. I wouldn't do that to a cockroach

Stomp it? Yes, but at least that is quick.

[Sunlei]

50. You were a good kid!

[donna123]

53. If China rules the world, there won't be any animals left

First the rhinoceros, then the elephants, then everything else.

[Surya Gayatri]

55. They will have turned all those creatures into some form of table delicacy,

medicinal 'cure', or glitzy souvenir.

[marle35]

108. RIP Baiji dolphin

China's Rare River Dolphin Now Extinct, Experts Announce

[B Calm]

56. Capitalism. Anyway to make a buck. .

[tavernier]

57. Wow... The karma on that idea

might be truly scary.

[AngryOldDem]

62. As it should be, IMO.

You don't treat ANY living creature like that.

[GaYellowDawg]

119. Karma does not exist.

So, not scary.

Which leaves us the unfortunate truth that this is a cruel and heartless practice that will most likely benefit the manufacturers so long as the fad exists. Depressing as hell, but that's the world. It's a hell of a shame that the people buying these trinkets can't plant and nurture a tree instead.

[Surya Gayatri]

129. Karma notwithstanding, it's pretty SCARY to think that

we share 99.99% of our DNA with these supposed "humans".

DNA survey finds all humans are 99.9pc the same

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1416706/DNA-survey-finds-all-humans-are-99.9pc-the-same.html

I find that fact to be damned SCARY!

[tavernier]

133. I don't know about that...

It's sure kicked my butt a few times!!

[GaYellowDawg]

141. And now I have to mea culpa.

I shouldn't have said that karma didn't exist. That was inconsiderate and inappropriate. So I apologize.

[Marrah_G]

58. this is so sick

[roamer65]

60. The Chinese generally have very little respect for any type of animal, including humans.

Remember, this is a country that tolerates organs harvesting from dissidents.

[Surya Gayatri]

63. Really REALLY hard to have respect for their cavalier

attitude towards creature cruelty.

Yeah, yeah, they have millenia of culture behind them--but, my question is: where's the evolution towards more civilized behavior that normally goes with a long history?

[Control-Z]

65. This makes me so sad

I'm speechless.

[cui bono]

66. That's horrible!

Occasionally I have to end up in a pet store that sells fish and other small live creatures, and seeing the fish in those tiny little glasses makes me cringe and feel so sad.

But this is truly disgusting.

[denvine]

69. Revolting!

How can anyone find this acceptable?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

72. Then there's this...

[Surya Gayatri]

73. Gag me with a spoon. Conspicuous, obscene consumption.

[red dog 1]

74. China is responsible for more animal cruelty than any other country in the world

Encasing live animals in keychains is typical of the way the Chinese feel about animals, IMO.

Here is another example of Chinese animal cruelty: (There are many more examples as well)
"Rabbits Endure Horrific Cruelty on Factory Farms in China"
http://www.thomhartmann.com/users/bluedog-294/blog/2014/01/rabbits-endure-horrific-cruelty-factory-farms-china/

K&R, thanks for posting.

[Surya Gayatri]

77. My dubious pleasure, red dog. Wish there weren't things like this to post...

There REALLY does seem to be a strain of callous disregard among the Chinese for the suffering of their fellow creatures.

Did you know that they also breed tigers which are then kept in disgusting, filthy cages, to be 'harvested' for their organs?

Vile, vile...

[red dog 1]

85. Tigers harvested for their organs?

To be eaten?

[Surya Gayatri]

86. No, to be made into traditional Chinese 'remedies'.

Tiger testicles are supposed to have aphrodisiac qualities, their gall bladders and bile are said to heal other ailments, etc. etc. I read that they are 'milked' for their bile.

Chinese 'remedies' will be the death of the animal world.

[red dog 1]

88. China is the main importer of Rhinoceros horn powder (supposed to be an aphrodisiac)

The Rhinos are killed solely for their tusks

But some people are trying to save what few African Rhinos are left

"Look What They're Doing to the Rhinos"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026712107

[LittleBlue]

76. They don't have much empathy for animals

Always makes me cringe to see stuff like this. Their beliefs are different to ours. I suppose a Chinese person would answer me that we in the west only care about cute animals but have no problem killing less beloved animals.

[oberliner]

78. Is this any worse than what goes on in factory farms?

I guess Americans prefer their animal cruelty to take place behind closed doors where no one can see it.

[Surya Gayatri]

80. Point taken. That's one of the reasons I don't eat meat and

only eat 'free-range' eggs.

[oberliner]

81. That is very admirable

I don't understand how anyone who knows what goes on in factory farms in America does not alter their food choices accordingly.

[Liberal_in_LA]

79. sick! thank u for publicizing this

[Surya Gayatri]

83. Again, my unfortunate 'luck' to have happened upon this...

Thought it needed to be seen.

[AngryOldDem]

87. It does need to be seen.

People know all about how they're pushing rhinos toward extinction with their fixation on the bogus benefits of horns. But this is just as important and people need to know about it. These are living, breathing, feeling creatures too, who deserve as much protection and concern.

They're not fashion accessories!

[napkinz]

89. this needs to be seen too ... every year in Yulin, China

10,000 dogs are tortured because it is believed the pain inflicted makes their meat more tender

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/441/776/138/?cid=fb_LG_AdsEndYulinDogFestival&src=facebook_ads&campaign=sign_441776138&z00m=22739402

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ricky-gervais-hits-out-at-chinese-yulin-dog-meat-festival-with-new-animal-rights-campaign-10322708.html

[Surya Gayatri]

90. The medieval madness just boggles the mind. And, these are the

people who consider themselves to be at the very "Middle" of the civilized world?

[Surya Gayatri]

93. This, this in a so-called civilized, modern nation (not for the faint of heart)...

A depraved, debased, and subhuman vision of hell:

In pictures: Inside the Yulin cat and dog meat trade

A cat climbs up the cage at the slaughterhouse, trying to escape. This cat was later rescued by Peter Li


Workers are shown getting the day's dog and cat meat prepared for sale in the morning


A woman on her moped transports more than 10 dogs, which had just been slaughtered, to her market shop for sale


A group of cats from Sichuan Province arrive at Renmin Middle Road on a truck, and wait to be transported on carts to a slaughterhouse in a narrow alley

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/ricky-gervais-hits-out-at-chinese-yulin-dog-meat-festival-with-new-animal-rights-campaign-10322708.html

Go here to sign the petition to stop this barbarism:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/441/776/138/?cid=fb_LG_AdsEndYulinDogFestival&src=facebook_ads&campaign=sign_441776138&z00m=22739402

[hifiguy]

94. I can't even begin to wrap my head around this.

[Surya Gayatri]

95. It's like the most horrendous scenes from some twisted Hollywood horror movie...

[Enthusiast]

114. Fucking sickening.

[AZ Progressive]

96. You think this is bad...

WARNING! NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH! IF YOU SEE THIS VIDEO, YOU ARE DOING IT AT YOUR OWN RISK...

[Surya Gayatri]

124. This is when I wish YouTube had never been invented...

The diner seems to be having a veritable 'food-gasm'.

Then, there are the Chinese, who eat fresh, uncooked monkey brains--after the tops of their heads have just been lopped off and their bodies are still thrashing around.

The hapless animals are held firm in a sort of vice-grip so they can't escape.

The Nine Most Cruel and Controversial World Delicacies

Each culture has their own traditional foods that they enjoy, although occasionally, certain foods that appeal to a person in one place, but may not be appealing to someone in another part of the world.

These following foods from the world cuisine are not only peculiar in their ingredients, but they also appear to be very violent in their preparation and inflict great suffering on animals. Some of the following pictures and videos are pretty graphic, and should be approached with caution. They are included to present visual examples of these types of foods, and to show that these kinds of dishes are not rare in the world, but instead exist daily in many cultures.

Go here at you own risk and peril:

https://nothingornothing.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/the-nine-most-cruel-and-controversial-world-delicacies/

[Uncle Joe]

97. Damn, that is cruel!

Thanks for the thread, Surya Gayatri.

[Surya Gayatri]

126. ...

[Uncle Joe]

128. ...

[Egnever]

98. Not surprising

China doesn't seem to have a lot of empathy.

[StoneCarver]

117. Notice the female scavenger...

She cared for the person/child. I can't help but think where was the mother? But this woman/scavenger, is my hero. What you do to the least of them...
Stonecarver

[Surya Gayatri]

123. May the Creative Entity bless this humane woman...

[Surya Gayatri]

122. Enough to make you regret belonging to the same species...

These people have mostly the same DNA (~99.99%) as you and me...

DNA survey finds all humans are 99.9pc the same

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/1416706/DNA-survey-finds-all-humans-are-99.9pc-the-same.html

[BeanMusical]

99. How horrible!

[Lifelong Protester]

101. words fail me

This is so gross,I can't believe it.

[get the red out]

103. Fucking monsters

Just fucking monsters.

[michaz]

104. China is a horrible place for animals. They torture, kill and eat dogs and cats.

They cut off their limbs while they are alive and they also throw them alive in boiling water believing it adds flavor to the meat. As an animal rescuer I would not care if they fell off the face of the earth.

[tclambert]

105. It evens out. Some space aliens sell plastic boxes with humans inside as keychains.

They got the idea from David Blaine.

[hifiguy]

107. More likely that Robert Rankin will be proved correct

[C Moon]

109. This is REALLY disturbing. :_(

[Enthusiast]

111. How fucking sick is this?

[IHateTheGOP]

116. Mankind is a plague on the earth. There can be no God.

[restorefreedom]

143. with great sadness, i have to agree. n/t

[a la izquierda]

120. I fucking hate people

[malaise]

131. I hate lots of them n/t

[a la izquierda]

139. I don't hate them all...

But Christ there are some sickos in the world.

[jtuck004]

121. Fucking people. I mean, we move kids to food stamps and let families go desperate and hungry while

we send money to bank$ter/donors to make them wealthy, with a 40% chance of kids in poverty dying earlier than the person we chose to be wealthy, and a near certainty that the kids's families will live in servitude to these donors to the parties for at least a couple generations,

but for cryin' out loud, we ain't cruel like this!

[CrawlingChaos]

125. I am struggling to find the words...

...to express my utter disgust and horror.

All I can say is thank you Surya Gayatri for calling our attention to it. I have hope that increasing international pressure can be placed on China for their unspeakable treatment of animals (I'm seeing a lot of protest surrounding the dog meat festival) and perhaps if it becomes enough of an embarrassment things will begin to change. It is certainly worth trying.

[Surya Gayatri]

127. My dubious pleasure (and duty...)

[CrawlingChaos]

145. I know how you feel

These stories leave me in despair as well. I wish there were more people like you in the world -- it would be a much kinder place

[raouldukelives]

130. Horrible. Reminds me of how they treat human labor.

Or, how we allow them to treat their labor for our benefit I should say.

I don't know, it is a culture I have never really understood. Ours that is. When I saw Tienanmen Square as a child on TV, the last thing I wanted to do was help stifle them, and yet, we decided to do even worse and exploit trapped people for profit. Maybe they are just learning from the best.

[Scuba]

132. Just sad.

[loudsue]

134. China's karma is going to be even worse than what the USA is building up

I hate to think of the consequences for these senseless acts of greed. Life is a boomerang, and whatever you throw out there is what is going to come back and hit your ass.

[Surya Gayatri]

135. Many of them are latter day, nominal Buddhists. You'd think they'd

know a thing or two about the concept of karma...

[SunSeeker]

136. K & R for exposure. nt

[PCIntern]

137. Horrifying...I'm claustrophobic and identify wholly

with these poor victims of cruelty.

[Surya Gayatri]

138. Wow, PCI, you and me both. Thank god the lift cabin in my building

has transparent glass walls.

Even so, whenever the secondary safety door gets stuck for some reason, my heart jumps into my throat...

to a fellow sufferer!

[PCIntern]

140. I'm pretty good with day to day stuff...

but Kill Bill Vol. 2 when she's buried was almost too much for me...

[Orrex]

142. What kind of culture would tolerate such cruel, claustrophobic imprisonment?

[restorefreedom]

144. thank goodness for tpp

it will be even easier for animals to be exploited tortured and killed for whatever purposes people have. One thing a lot of people don't realize is that in order to get the TPP agreed to, the United States had to agree to drop more stringent measures against shark finning and for those of you who don't know what shark finning is, I'll leave you to Google it.

[Calista241]

146. This is beyond disgusting.