GRANDFIN-ALE
City ends fish saga by upholding tattoo ban
Red fish, blue fish.
Dyed fish, no more tattooed fish.
A controversy that began with "I love you” tattooed on a tropical fish ended Tuesday with a compromise that will keep a pet supplier in business as long as he keeps the needles away from his aquariums.
The Oklahoma City Council voted 7-1 to change a law barring the artificial coloring of fish. Tattooing and injecting dye into fish will be illegal, but...
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