Agrobiothers has announced that it is giving up marketing these ball aquariums, which are harmful to fish.
Goldfish will no longer be able to turn in circles. The French specialist in animal care and accessories Agrobiothers has announced that it will no longer market ball aquariums, which are harmful to fish.
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“We are going to delete about twenty references. From now on, all our aquariums will have a minimum capacity of 15 liters and we will no longer sell these balls that everyone once had at home, but which do not respect animal welfare., thus explained to the Parisian Matthieu Lambeaux, CEO of AgroBiothers who specifies that the anti-barking collars will also be withdrawn from sale. According to him, these two products represented 1 million euros in turnover out of the 70 million made in 2021.
“That’s very good news” for Murielle Arnal, president of One Voice who campaigned in 2011 already for French legislation to take up the subject and prohibit the sale of these aquariums. This is particularly the case in several countries such as Germany. If Murielle Arnal is delighted to see a “real awareness in France of the sensitivity of animals”, she regrets that the fish are “the great forgotten” measures taken in this direction. “But it is not trivial to lock a fish in a space as sterile as a round aquarium in which it will suffer. You can see that it’s only for decoration, people just have to put plants or flowers in it.”, she denounces, pointing out that goldfish, which are often found in this type of aquarium, develop much more when they are in their natural habitat. “They go around in circles, it’s not a life. Moreover, the prejudice on the short memory of goldfish is false and conveys a bad speech to children., she points out.
“They are wild animals»
Beyond the size of the jar, it is the purchase of fish as pets that the president of One Voice denounces. “It’s a thingification of these wild animals that live in rivers and oceans. Buying a fish in a plastic bag to put it in an aquarium does not make sense. Today, it is time to do without that”, she claims. Pointing to French legislation that is too slow, she calls on consumers to stop buying it.