Owning one pet goldfish is illegal in Switzerland - and the reason might make you feel guilty...

Most of us will have had a pet or two as we were growing up - and lucky kids will have had even more.

Many families will have been delighted to win a goldfish as a prize at a funfair, happily putting it in a bowl and feeding it every day after school.

But they could have been guilty of animal cruelty without even knowing it.

Goldfish might get a bad reputation of being boring pets - and having rubbish memories - but they're more clued up than we realise.

In Switzerland, it has been illegal to own one solitary goldfish since 2008, when the country introduced a whole host of animal rights' legislation. Full story...

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