| In January this year, it was reported in the press that Qian Hu fish farm had imported 500 Molly fish tattooed with numbers from 0 to 9, many customers buying four fish at a time obviously in the hope of striking it lucky at 4D.
The SPCA objected strongly to this in the press, and urged the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) to ban the importation on the basis that it was cruel, unnatural and unnecessary. AVA responded that a ban was unnecessary as there is currently no international ban on trade in dyed fishes.
The SPCA's opinion however, is that a ban is necessary because the welfare of the fish is compromised.
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