Vietnam to "Ban" Hamsters

Yes, the sale and trading and owning of a hamster will be met with a fine.

Now, they want to eliminate possession of hamsters because they're likely imported from China. And we all know what happens to things from China. Seriously though, they're likely to carry diseases. Which is bad.

Of course, this begs the question of what will happen to all the current hamsters? According to my source, they've got no mass hamster killings planned. Which is good. Because they're actually pretty cute. Then again, diseases, remember? But still, don't you wonder what'll happen to all those hamsters that people supposedly own?

I'm assuming that most people, while loving their hamsters, love their money more. So they'll release these hamsters. Which means the hamsters that supposedly have horrible diseases will be let loose on the world. Which makes the fine for owning hamsters quite problematic. But hey, it's their country.

The most interesting thing about this whole thing is that the Vietnamese love their hamsters. There are even hamster clubs. In real life, no less.

It's the Hamtaro craze that never happened. Which is funny, because I don't think they have Hamtaro over there. Anyone want to introduce Hamtaro to a country obsessed with hamsters but struggling over legal ownership of said hamsters?