Tattooed Fish Are Cruel Gimmick

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smart Home, Misc. Tech, Science

Steve Lane, owner of a pet shop in Williamsville, New York, has been receiving an inordinate amount of press pre-Valentine’s Day because he is offering tattooed fish for sale. Imported from Singapore, he hopes that they will attract enough attention to get more people into becoming aquariasts. Alan Lee, Chairman of the HK Aquaria Mall in Hong Kong, claims that his cichlids are tattooed with a permanent dye using a low intensity laser.

A local news channel interviewing Lane purchased four of them, and took them to their local SPCA to find if they believed this to be cruel to the fish. Spokesperson Gina Browning commented, “Morally and ethically what we’re looking at is incorrect. Any animal lover would agree, it’s so unnatural.”

We concur with Ms. Browning, and hope that anyone who sees the poor creatures will not only not purchase them, but remember that a number of years ago, humans had enough sense to outlaw the sales of turtles imported from Mexico whose shells had been decorated with toxic paint.

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