Goldfish sacrifice

[ChristinaB]

Goldfish sacrifice to mark Iran's New Year (http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket11st/basket11st1110437182.aspx)

Iran's love of goldfish as a table-top symbol of good luck costs the lives of five million of the creatures every year, a press report says.

From March to early April, when Iranians celebrate Norooz - or the new year in the Persian calendar — millions of the small fish are bred in unsanitary pools and transferred in buckets and tanks to the big cities.

But according to the Shargh newspaper, five million of them do not survive the journey to the Iranian home, where they feature alongside eggs, wheat, garlic, apples and coins as a sign of fertility, health and good luck.

Those that do survive are sometimes kept as pets or otherwise released into the wild - frequently ponds in parks - where their chances of survival are also low.

[ddollevoet]

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[jakethebake]

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Goldfish sacrifice to mark Iran's New Year (http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimesNEW/basket11st/basket11st1110437182.aspx)

Iran's love of goldfish as a table-top symbol of good luck costs the lives of five million of the creatures every year, a press report says.

From March to early April, when Iranians celebrate Norooz - or the new year in the Persian calendar — millions of the small fish are bred in unsanitary pools and transferred in buckets and tanks to the big cities.

But according to the Shargh newspaper, five million of them do not survive the journey to the Iranian home, where they feature alongside eggs, wheat, garlic, apples and coins as a sign of fertility, health and good luck.

Those that do survive are sometimes kept as pets or otherwise released into the wild - frequently ponds in parks - where their chances of survival are also low.

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[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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[wacki]

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[CORed]

Oh gosh, I'm just horrified at this tragic waste of piscatorial life! Something needs to be done!

Actually, I don't give a rat's ass. They raise the fish in "unsanitary ponds"? How shocking! Of course they'te unsanitary. There's goldfish crapping in them. What are they supposed to do, put diapers on the fish?

[M2d]

In college my friends and I had a largemouth bass that we caught at (an undersized) 5" and named 'Mo'. we sacrificed many goldfish to the mighty Mo.

[codewarrior]

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[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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In college my friends and I had a largemouth bass that we caught at (an undersized) 5" and named 'Mo'. we sacrificed many goldfish to the mighty Mo.

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Now this is awesome.

[M2d]

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Those that do survive are sometimes kept as pets or otherwise released into the wild - frequently ponds in parks - where their chances of survival are also low.

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they're freekin carp. they can survive in almost any water conditions, including brakish.

[kurosh]

Those damn terrorists!!! Can they get any lower? Animal cruelty now!

[The Yugoslavian]

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Iran's love of goldfish as a table-top symbol of good luck costs the lives of five million of the creatures every year, a press report says.

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I say we nuke 'em.

Or at the very least go in with guns blazing.

Yugoslav

[gamblore99]

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In college my friends and I had a largemouth bass that we caught at (an undersized) 5" and named 'Mo'. we sacrificed many goldfish to the mighty Mo.

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Now this is awesome.

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[CORed]

I'm assuming they are little tiny goldfish. Small fish (of any species) have a low survival rate in the wild. Most of them get eaten by bigger fish, birds, etc. That's why fish lay lots of eggs. People like Christina think this is terribly unfair.

[M2d]

I think that's because of the environment. if you release goldfish into the wild you get, after a few years, big assed, ugly carp.