A local council has banned goldfish from being given away as prizes at fairgrounds. Fairs in Dorset will no longer be allowed to give the pets away to lucky winners. It comes as the RSPCA warned that ...

Handing out goldfish as fairground prizes has been banned after councillors agreed fish should not be distributed because they are 'challenging to look after'. Giving out live animals as prizes is ...

Sunderland City Council has banned live animals from being given out as prizes at all events held on its land. Councillor Graeme Miller, Leader of Sunderland City Council, said providing pets as ...

Leaving a goldfish in a bag could kill the fish, revealed the RSPCA (Credits: Getty Image) A local council have this week banned pets from being offered as prizes at fairgrounds. Dorset Council agreed ...

Goldfish will not be given away as prizes because their welfare needs are not being met, a council has said. West Berkshire Council is protecting them from being won at fairs and other events on its ...

Councillors are being urged to back a ban on goldfish and other animals being given as prizes on any Torridge District Council land. The pets have traditionally been given out via fairgrounds, social ...

Pet owners in the northern Italian city of Monza, best known for its Formula 1 Grand Prix, have become the first in Italy to be banned from keeping their goldfish in bowls. The town council passed a ...

Members of the New Brunswick Invasive Species Council were at Fredericton's Odell Park on Friday monitoring for invasive fish and plants in and around the duck pond. (Jon Collicott/CBC - image credit) ...