Flesh-eating
Fish Routed out
Piranhas undergo euthanasia. |
An emergency notice has been issued by fishery
departments, demanding confiscation and extermination of all
piranha sold on the market, and kept in aquariums and zoos.
It prohibits setting them free in natural waters as this would
result in decimation of China's aqua-environment.
The piranha is from South America, and its
razor sharp teeth can render humans and animals into skeletons
in minutes. It was brought into China a few years ago, and traded
as an aquarium fish. Now efforts have been made across the country
to rout out this predatory fish so as to prevent it from finding
its way into natural waters.
