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Buddhist Ritual Results in Thousands of Dead Fish in a Shandong Lake 2016-03-14 04:56:25 Post No. 28723
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Buddhist Ritual Results in Thousands of Dead Fish in a Shandong Lake
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2016-03-14 04:56:25
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Despite the best of intentions, the bi-monthly release of fish into Daming Lake in Jinan, Shandong has resulted in an ecological disaster, with upwards of 50 kilograms of dead fish collected from the lake each day.
The lake has become a popular place to perform the traditional Buddhist ritual of fangsheng (放生), whereby animals are rescued from captivity and released back into the natural environment to signify harmony with nature.
Performed on the first and 15th day of each lunar month, residents spend thousands of yuan to purchase live fish and release them into Daming Lake. Approximately 20,000 fish, weighing 5,000 kilograms are released into the lake each month.
Park official Su Jian said some 60 to 70 percent of the fish released into the lake don’t survive because they aren’t indigenous species and cannot adapt to the local environment:
On some days, the amount is close to 100 kilograms. In a month, we collect an average of about 1,500 kilograms of dead fish.
Fish aren’t the only concern. The lake’s lotus fields are being decimated, and the local wildlife is quickly disappearing. Park Director, Yang Junguo, warned of a complete collapse of the lake ecosystem. According to Yang, local wildlife like prawns, rock turtles, and water rats are quickly disappearing, while non-local wildlife like catfish, frogs, and eels are now appearing in greater numbers.
Perhaps most alarming is the emergence of online photos of residents releasing snapping turtles into the lake. Snapping turtles are not indigenous to Daming Lake, and have no known predators in the habitat, only increasing the probability of the ecosystem’s collapse.
Last week local officials started to discourage residents from releasing wildlife into the lake, however the damage at this point seems irreparable.
https://thenanfang.com/thousands-of-fish-are-dying-in-lake-daming-because-people-are-setting-them-free-there/
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Damn thats a painfully ironic outcome
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fucking religious nuts
they should enact a law against wilful destroying of the ecosystem
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>>28745
I'd say 'muh rulijun', but this is pinko China, so they might actually be able to do something about it.
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>>28749
My rule of thumb is let The Left determine the law and you will get nothing but oppression and self-loathing. Always.
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>>28723
What's the problem here?
It seems to me that the fish wouldn't even be there if the manmade dam hadn't been built, so if anything the buddhists are just restoring the natural order of things.
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>>28723
What a surprise
Chinese businesses (those who sell the fish to be released) sell a defective product (non native fish and wildlife) and something goes wrong (ecological collapse) . As sad as it is, this is what we have come to expect.
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>>28867
Are Buddhists vegan?
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>>28869
Not always
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>>28869
Most monks can eat meat if it's given to them and they don't see the animal being killed, but can't actively request it.
Drinking milk is fine, and Buddhist women are encouraged to breast feed, two things which are off limits for vegans to do.
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>to signify harmony with nature.
Oh, what tangled webs are woven...
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>>28723
If they don't stop it for next year to honor the spirit of the tradition I'm going to laugh
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>>29091
>Performed on the first and 15th day of each lunar month
You mean next month right?
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>>29098
Yeah.
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>>28906
>Buddhist women are encouraged to breast feed, two things which are off limits for vegans to do.
Vegans don't breastfeed?
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>>28723
>buy fish to free them signifying harmony with nature
>give money to the captive fish industry
Culture is a retarded mess, where the supposed intention has far more importance as a symbolical gesture than the actual consequences of the actions.
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Monkey see, monkey do.
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Enough fish already!
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>>28771
If they're introducing foreign species, it might be possible for these creatures to spread to other ecosystems, wrecking havoc on wildlife.
A lot of these creatures are fish, but what's to stop the snapping turtles from crawling out of that manmade lake and making it's way to a nearby river or pond, laying it's eggs, and then having the babies spread further outward until the entire region is filthy with snapping turtles?
Lots of other countries have problems with invasive species even when they're trying to be careful and the animals/plants still wind up there accidentally. These dumb people did this stupid shit on purpose.
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