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goose · 01-16-2007, 11:35 PM

At a Walmart near me last week there were 2 dead bettas in their cups...one the water was yellow and he was there for awhile it looked like..the other one was covered in cotton like film and if he wasnt dead he was gonna be in a few hours...sad....really sad that they don't give a rat's a$$ about the bettas there

hc8719 · 01-16-2007, 11:53 PM

while buying a fish or puppy thats kept in bad condition, may lead to the store making some money, i think it's worth it. can you put a money value on an innocent life.

say you travel to an incredibly poor village in a peverty stricken 3rd world country, a bunch of children are working in sweat shops, you do
A) a adopt a kid, though by doing this, a new kid must fill in for the now adopted one
or
B) not adopt a child because it's not fair to the other children who will have to take his place

perhaps neither answer is wrong, but answer B) only helps if everyone feels the same way, and corporation loose money. as long as there is a child, and parents who dont think twice on animal care, there will always be money to feed the corrupted stores

kansei · 01-17-2007, 12:05 AM

I rescued a pleco that was taken back to the LFS when it was too big for the tank it was in (10inch in a 30gal) . I guess the LFS actually rescued the fish be getting him out of the situation but by me buying him it allowed the LFS to let another fish get rescued by giving them room in their tanks.

cabezon · 01-17-2007, 03:44 PM

buying the fish is not a rescue. it is giving the fish store a profit on an unprofitable fish. Exactly opposite the law of supply and demand. if you got the LFS to give you the fish, that would be a rescue.

animals in the pound arent there for profit, and kids in a sweatshop arent for sale. apples/oranges. I'm am against out of country adoption as a general rule as there are too many domestic kids needing adoption, that might not be as cute.

01-16-2007, 11:53 PM	#12
hc8719 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 1,932	while buying a fish or puppy thats kept in bad condition, may lead to the store making some money, i think it's worth it. can you put a money value on an innocent life. say you travel to an incredibly poor village in a peverty stricken 3rd world country, a bunch of children are working in sweat shops, you do A) a adopt a kid, though by doing this, a new kid must fill in for the now adopted one or B) not adopt a child because it's not fair to the other children who will have to take his place perhaps neither answer is wrong, but answer B) only helps if everyone feels the same way, and corporation loose money. as long as there is a child, and parents who dont think twice on animal care, there will always be money to feed the corrupted stores __________________ "Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research." George Bernard Shaw

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01-16-2007, 11:35 PM	#11
goose Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 53	At a Walmart near me last week there were 2 dead bettas in their cups...one the water was yellow and he was there for awhile it looked like..the other one was covered in cotton like film and if he wasnt dead he was gonna be in a few hours...sad....really sad that they don't give a rat's a$$ about the bettas there

01-17-2007, 12:05 AM	#13
kansei Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 192 Images: 11	I rescued a pleco that was taken back to the LFS when it was too big for the tank it was in (10inch in a 30gal) . I guess the LFS actually rescued the fish be getting him out of the situation but by me buying him it allowed the LFS to let another fish get rescued by giving them room in their tanks.

01-17-2007, 03:44 PM	#14
cabezon Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 144 Images: 3	buying the fish is not a rescue. it is giving the fish store a profit on an unprofitable fish. Exactly opposite the law of supply and demand. if you got the LFS to give you the fish, that would be a rescue. animals in the pound arent there for profit, and kids in a sweatshop arent for sale. apples/oranges. I'm am against out of country adoption as a general rule as there are too many domestic kids needing adoption, that might not be as cute.