{"id":2646,"date":"2014-02-06T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?2646"},"modified":"2014-02-06T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T17:07:30","slug":"rspca-urges-people-to-stop-eating-live-goldfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/rspca-urges-people-to-stop-eating-live-goldfish\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPCA urges people to stop eating live goldfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in the UK have been told they will be prosecuted if they go through with eating live goldfish as part of the Neknomination game.<\/p>\n<p>The trend involves social media users urging each other to perform more daring stunts &ndash; and in a number of cases this has involved consuming pets straight from the aquarium.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the RSPCA has received a number of calls about footage appearing to show people eating goldfish and there could be many more cases.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola White, a wildlife scientist at the RSPCA, said: &quot;Eating a live animal and posting a film of it on the internet is not some light-hearted joke &ndash; it is unacceptable. 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