Cruelty everywhere!

[OrkyBetta]

Ok, so I live near some pretty decent LFS's and LPS's. of course, bettas are still kept in the little cups, but they are fed well and the water is clean, and they all look healthy with no dead ones, so they obviously get looked after. And of course there is overstocking but I have rarely seen dead fish in the tanks. Water kept clean, etc. they don't sell goldfish and bowls together. I thought I had it good, not having cruelty around me, pets are held in really high status where I live.

But today at school I saw a little goldfish being held prisoner in my science class.
"Charlie" lives in a little. (3 gal max) halfway filled glass tank, and looks so sad. He is little, but don't they know he will grow? The tank has no filter either.

Apparently he is some sort of project or whatever. I just feel bad for him, and yesterday I was seriously plotting ways to steal him, and make it look like he jumped out into the sink, since the tank is next to the sink. You know, splatter water on the counter intot he sink, leave the lid partly off, unplug the drain...

Also, I was at a friends house and she has a goldfish in 3 inches of green water that she has had for like, 5 years. Surprise he's still alive. I have spoken to her a lot about this, and she makes comments like, "well, we hardly feed him or change his water, but he's lived for 5 years. if we change anything he will die." what a load of crap.

So if I can plan things right, i might be in possession of 2 goldfish...

 

[wrs]

Ahh!! The poor goldfish, 5 years of hell!

 

[GSD]

yeah i have a friend like that her sister has a goldfish in a bowl(like a 1gal pet shop one)and this HUGE goldfish that cant even move round poor thing.if she mves it she gets wrng and her lil sis cleans it out with fairy liquid once a minth.i saw her do this and she said to me.well ive dont this wil all my fish and theyve been fine so i turned round and said.well how long did the last one last.she replied 1 year
my point exactly

 

[LoachLover]

Some people just don't get it, it's sad. Yeah that fish has lived 5 years, and if you change his water maybe he will live 5 more, he doesn't stand much chance.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

"Ahem", im a bad influence i know, but...Orkeybetta i think you should steal the poor little fish!! You'll be saving him from a life of hell and misery!
ps: "for all the kiddys out there, stealing is wrong but this case i believe stealing is justified (end of commentory)".

 

[Torrean]

call the spca maybe they'll do something about it.

 

[GSD]

yeah i watched a tv programe once and there was a man had kept a paku and a goldfish together in a 55gal for 10 years then the RSPCA came in and he donated them to them,the pacu went with others in the sea life center and the goldie in a HUGE private pond.it was great seeing them in great homes!if only every fishie in a bowl could be so lucky

 

[Torrean]

it seems the rspca cares more for fish than the american equivilant. I hope you do call the spca though. maybe I'm wrong and they will do something about this situation.

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

The aspca usually doesn't do anything for fish. I suppose it's worth a try but I've seen where people have called them before on forums and they don't even ever show up.

 

[StarOrbs]

There's no law against having a fish in a tank smaller that you should, and I doubt a District Attorney would prosecute the case.. heh... All you can really do is educate people and hope they listen.

 

[wrs]

aspca approves some fish books, so why not take care of uncared for fish?

Stealing is a good one though as well. lol.

plus cant you say something to the principle about the way that the poor fish is being treated? Or maybe the teacher, and print out some info about the goldfish, and tell them that a betta is a better and prettier choice for the 3 gallon, if properly maintained ofcourse.

 

[mm_simb]

I think you should steal them too
I have a friend that has a 10 gallon tank with a betta. The water is really cloudy right now and I think he changes that water every 2 months. In the whole time he's had that betta he's changed his water 3 times...and only because I made him.

 

[Torrean]

i made an analogy in a similar thread a while back. I asked what the gov't would do If I tied a saint bernard on a 2 ft. rope and left him there, but provided him with plenty of food and water. Eventually he'd be sleeping on a pile of his own poo. This would def. be illegal. What's the difference between that and putting a goldfish in a 3 gal?

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Well, before you kidnap the goldfish it might be helpful to find out what the experiment is for... it could be on the harmful effects of keeping a goldfish in such a small body of water... I don't know, so I can't comment on that one. The other one however....




'Well, I hate to tell you this, but he died. I buried/trashed/flushed him. Oh, and I dropped the tank, it broke, so I threw it out...'

That way she might not bother to get another one...


Can we say evil?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

well, if its been like that for 5 years, you shouldnt change the water that fast. it actually can kill it. i dont think you should steal the fish though, just ask for the fish after he/she is done with the project. if the fish is missing, they will probably buy a new one, and now you will have 2 goldfish to worry about.