10,000 Chinese fish experience freedom, but not for long
Locals scoop up fry moments just moments after being tipped into Dingxiang Lake
Thousands of tiny fish released into a lake in northeastern China were recaptured just moments later as locals scooped them up, presumably to make a free lunch.
The incident, which happened on Sunday on the shores of Dingxiang Lake in Shenyang, Liaoning province, was caught on film and published on Pearvideo.com.
It is not known who released the fish, but the footage shows a group of people tipping thousands of fry into the lake from about 20 yellow plastic containers.
Unfortunately for the fish, their freedom was short lived as just metres away, a second group of people used nets to gather them back up again.
In the video, a woman from the first group reproached a man from the second.
“You shouldn’t catch these released fish. Please quickly put them back into the water. We only just released them,” she said.