protected fish story UK
 

Life in a goldfish bowl earns protection from laws on animal rights
By Marie Woolf, Chief Political Correspondent
04 March 2005

In a strengthening of the animal protection laws, goldfish, pond
carp and even farmed salmon are to gain unprecedented legal protection
from neglect and mistreatment. The size of goldfish bowls, and even the
cleanliness of the gravel beneath them, will become a matter for animal
welfare inspectors when the law comes into force.
Finding a fish floating upside down in its tank could even land a
neglectful owner in
court.
and
Chefs who fail to consider the welfare of a squid when preparing it
for a seafood salad could also find themselves in court.

But lobsters, crabs or crayfish - routinely boiled alive before being
served up - have been rejected for further protection.

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