Goldfish Day

FISHY STORY: Somehow Goldfish Day won't be the same. For four decades, reports the Chicago Tribune, children in Glenview, Ill., have celebrated the day by jumping into Roosevelt Pool with nets and buckets in hopes of catching some of the 1,000 goldfish dumped into the water. But after a complaint about animal cruelty, authorities decided that the children will now scoop the goldfish out of 100-gallon tubs of fresh water and be educated about proper fish care. "We wouldn't find it acceptable to throw kittens or puppies into a pool," a representative of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals told the paper. "It is not more acceptable to throw fish into a pool."