abbyn
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So I am very against animal cruelty and really exploiting them in any way for our benefit. I don't buy any animal products or use things that have been tested on lab animals or go to zoos or rodeos or anything like that. So I guess I just kind of feel like a hypocrite because I'm not sure fish keeping is much better than those things. I bought a couple of otocinclus catfish about a year ago with out doing enough to research as to where they came from. Turns out they can only be taken from the wild which seemed wrong so I looked up a video of how they are caught and idk it just really wasn't something that I want to support with my money. Since then I've only bought one fish which is unusual for me haha so i guess I don't really know how I feel about fishkeeping at the moment
Obviously most people have their pets best interest at mind but then there are also people who pay no regard to their requirements and treat them as decorations instead of living things. Fish are advertised as beginner pets for kids or easy to care for and are too often bought by people who will make them live in bowls that are never cleaned and just treat them [badly] in general. Pet stores sell Bettas and goldfish right next to tanks that they claim to be "ideal" and are only about 1/2 gallon, it's ridiculous. And honestly I have no idea how the fish are breed and shipped out to the fish stores but I'm willing to bet there are a lot of casualties. It seems like pet stores like petco and petsmart don't really care about the fish that they sell as you can find dead/injured/suffering fish in most of their tanks. And does anyone know what happens to female Bettas bc I know that they are sold but it's mostly males that people want to buy so it wouldn't surprise me at all if many of them are just killed at some point. Also as someone who doesn't eat meat it feels kind of wrong for me to buy food for my fish that has ingredients like salmon, halibut and shrimp. Even kept in the best possible conditions that we can offer, with proper tank mates and food and an adequately sized tank, they are still being confined and deprived if some of their natural behaviors. I'm sure most of you disagree with me about a lot of these things idk. Sorry this kind of just turned into a rant but if you have any opinions feel free to share
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Obviously most people have their pets best interest at mind but then there are also people who pay no regard to their requirements and treat them as decorations instead of living things. Fish are advertised as beginner pets for kids or easy to care for and are too often bought by people who will make them live in bowls that are never cleaned and just treat them [badly] in general. Pet stores sell Bettas and goldfish right next to tanks that they claim to be "ideal" and are only about 1/2 gallon, it's ridiculous. And honestly I have no idea how the fish are breed and shipped out to the fish stores but I'm willing to bet there are a lot of casualties. It seems like pet stores like petco and petsmart don't really care about the fish that they sell as you can find dead/injured/suffering fish in most of their tanks. And does anyone know what happens to female Bettas bc I know that they are sold but it's mostly males that people want to buy so it wouldn't surprise me at all if many of them are just killed at some point. Also as someone who doesn't eat meat it feels kind of wrong for me to buy food for my fish that has ingredients like salmon, halibut and shrimp. Even kept in the best possible conditions that we can offer, with proper tank mates and food and an adequately sized tank, they are still being confined and deprived if some of their natural behaviors. I'm sure most of you disagree with me about a lot of these things idk. Sorry this kind of just turned into a rant but if you have any opinions feel free to share
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