Pet King

problem with your response.
A similar incident happened recently in the UK, and at that time, the British police were more nervous than you––they cordoned off a whole block. ”

”Was it also because of that poison? ” Sheng Ke asked.

Zhang Zian nodded.

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”That ’s d*mn ridiculous! Before today, if you were to tell me that corals could poison people, I never would have believed you! But… sh*t! I guess this group of corals can poison about a hundred people, right? It ’s no different from a weapon of mass destruction! ” Sheng Ke vented his tension and anxiety through the use of many vulgar words.

”Actually, it ’s not so much.
It ’s only in theory that you can poison a person with 21 micrograms.
According to the LD50 value, they had used a purified version of the toxin.
The Palytoxin is not as pure, of course, but it ’s still very dangerous, ” Zhang Zian explained.

”All these aquatic hobbyists… they really don ’t want their lives! They can just play with anything! There ’s also that blue-ringed octopus that some people raise… ” Sheng Ke shook his head and sighed.

Zhang Zian smiled and didn ’t say much; it was too much trouble to try to explain it to an amateur.
The corals apparently snuck their way into Carpenter Wang ’s fish tank, instead of being raised deliberately.
But because of the bad impression left by some of the aquatic hobbyists who loved to pursue peculiar salt-water creatures, they were treated with partiality.

However, there was one sentence that was correct—good riders fall off their horses, divers drown in water, good drinkers get drunk on alcohol, and good warriors perish through battles; it is always the experienced ones that failed.

The technical requirements for polyculture of fish and coral were very high.
Ordinary saltwater fish players would not be able to handle it.
Carpenter Wang ’s fish and his coral tank had already proved that he was a highly qualified, experienced hobbyist, but yet he was the one who messed up.
It could only show that he was too confident and negligent.

Marine creatures had always had a beautiful and dangerous existence––any kind of negligence and overconfidence could teach one how to start over as a human being.
Now, Zian could only hope that Carpenter Wang would get better as soon as possible and learn from his incident.

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Sheng Ke was still going on when he suddenly slapped his own head and said, ”Right, I almost forgot—you had asked me before about the recent reports on cat abuse.
I ’ve already gone to the 110 alarm center to inquire, but there have been so many things going on that I forgot to tell you about it… I ’m getting old and my memory is no longer as good.
If I didn ’t see you, I might have even forgotten it! ”

”It has nothing to do with your memories! You just have too many things to do, ” Zhang Zian comforted him and continued to listen.

”You don ’t have to comfort me. ” Sheng Ke waved his hand and said, ”According to the feedback from the alarm center, there have always been alerts on cat abuse incidents.
But recently, there ’s been an increase in cat abuse incidents by at least an estimated 50 percent in the last one or two months––maybe even more… This is because cat abuse is not illegal, and it ’s also not under our control.
Unless the caller insists on it, we would not even dispatch our officers.
Even if we do attend to the case, we can only persuade and educate them.
Most times, the cat abusers would have already run away, and we have no reason to use police resources to track them down… ”

Sheng Ke explained very clearly, and Zhang Zian had expected as much.
From the police point of view, because there was really no illegal behavior, and even if the police were interested in taking charge, there was no valid reason that would allow them to.
So they could only invest the limited police resources in more needed places.

”What ’s wrong? ” Sheng Ke observed that Zian didn ’t look too good.
He patted his shoulder and comforted him, ”I know that you ’re selling cats, so it ’s definitely hard to see people abuse them.
These days, I have understood the situation, and it requires legislation on the government level to resolve the problem.
You can ’t do anything by yourself, so don ’t be too upset. ”

Zhang Zian nodded, but actually, Sheng Ke only knew one reason and not the other.