PETA Hates The Aquarium Hobby! (article)

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I see both sides of the argument. On the PETA side, an enormous amount of hobbyists enter and exit the hobby every year as do their fish. It's too hard, requires too much time, water, money, etc and most of those folks don't spend the time to research the needs of the species in question. Best intentions only go so far and down here in FL. we have a large number of fish (native and non) released into our waterways by irresponsible hobbyists who buy Dovii thinking the huge 125 they bought will suffice......

But, there are a lot of hobbyists that use the hobby to study and help breed species, many of which are threatened by things non hobby related. L46 zebras come to mind. The possible extinction of this species soley lies on the Belo Monte project, which is all about hydro-electric power and at the end of the day,....... money. Captive breeding programs might be that species only hope.....
And a lot of the species we keep grow larger and live much longer in our aquariums than they could ever hope to in the wild, wether it be due to lack of predation, pollution or whatever human impact there may be on said environment......dams, roadways, overfishing.......

I think responsibility is the key. Some hobbyists go above and beyond what the minimum requirements are for the species they keep, but unfortunately, there are a lot that don't. All the serious hobbyists can do is provide the best environment they can for their pets and help move the hobby forwards and not backwards.
 
I believe a lot of the fish keepers that some are calling irresponsible are new to this forum and have come here looking for help. That does not sound irresponsible to me they are here looking for help good on them. There will always be those who think they know everything and have to have the biggest baddest fish. These same people will have to have a car or truck they can not handle and hurt themselves or some one else. So I say better a fish than a fellow human. If you read their guide lines who on here would recommend a 10 inch fish in a 30 gallon tank. Most here would ream the guy out who did this but according to PETA this would be fine. So those who are siding with them here you better not complain when the Oscar in a 30 thread appears.
 
I hope ya'll don't associate all vegans with PETA. I've been a vegan for quite some time now, an animal rescuer for even longer, and a PETA hater for a very long time. They have to be the most hypocritical animal rights organization that there is - preaching about how we shouldn't exploit animals, and then go and exploit women for advertising purposes. Killing tens of thousands of healthy, adoptable animals. They are extremists, and nothing more.
 
We are omnivores, as such, can handle lots of different foods. I do not push meat unless someone start to tell me eating meat is evil etc etc. incidentally, I like some vegan food; but not when the dish try to be like a meat dish(like tofu burgers)...in which case I prefer the real deal.

Yes, we should be kind to our animals; but they are just animals.


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PETA=PITA

Too the 10% of valid/dedicated FK like some of us we simply don't fit in with this category but sadly a bad apple ruins the bunch and we see that all to often around here....

Especially since most of my aspect is from the predator side of the hobby it seems like 8/10 people buy these fish for pleasure and a quick random interest in something new but then realize that keeping them in decent conditions for decades and spending money on upgrades isn't something they have thought of or are committed too thus the FK flame burns out!

And I for one can admit that my hobby started out compulsive and under informed cramming cool fish into a small tank, but a hobby is something we stick with, learn and grow! The best thing we can do is inform and help new FK with good advice to combat this epidemic that ALL FK are cruel morons!

Besides have PETA even heard of a FX5 OR NLS??! GEEESH! ;)


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