betta fighting

[KABB44423]

My Question is when did fighting bettas become illegal in Thailand? As far as I am aware both fish, mantis,cricket, and cock fighting are all still legal there. It is the gambling that is legally frowned upon, mainly because it is hard for the government to get thier cut.

I will not debate the morality of these practices but will point out that out of the four listed only in the betta fights do the losers generally survive to fight another day. Traditional Betta fights continue only until submission, not death.

Now, to answer the origional question on training fighting bettas I refer the thread originator to the following site maintained by someone who breeds, raises and fights thier fish. Go to www.siamaquatic.com. There is quite a bit of info available there.

If you must actually fight your fish make sure you get the right strain for it, the show type longfins are totally unsuitable.

$5 for a good plaket is a pretty good price.

now this is what im talking about just a good ole answer to the questions

 

[Pufferpunk]

I was at a LFS & observed a man buying dozen's of bettas. I asked him if he was a breeder but he didn't understand English. I asked the fellow bagging them & he said the guy came in every week buying that many & he was fighting them. I went up to 1 of the owners, sitting at the register & she laughed & said she didn't know what the guy did with them after they left the store. I wrote a letter to her husband (the other owner) & he never responded. I called him & again, he laughed & compared this to feeding feeders to oscars, what's the difference? So I looked up the laws & found that every state has their own animal cruelty laws & mine (IL) says it's a state offence & turned them into the Dept of Agriculture. They went in & told them it was just as bad an offence as fighting dogs or cocks. To this day, they have a sign up saying 1 betta per person & every single person has to sign a note of release (I don't tremember what it said). Needles to say, I've boycotted that store ever since.

 

[KABB44423]

and you feel good about that?

 

[frnchjeep]

and you feel good about that?

I would. This is a classic case of somebody backstabbing what they love(d) because they were persuaded by the almighty dollar. It is good that someone put their morals back in order.

 

[KABB44423]

lol,sometimes its best to just mind your biz /because whos to say that thats what that guy was really buying those fish for i mean puffer punk even said that the woman at the front even said she didnt know what he did with them when he left there

 

[Pufferpunk]

She was laughing when she said it too. The guy bagging the fish told me that's what the guy buys them for. The husband/owner knew exactly what was going on because he tried to defend it, saying it's no different than feeding feeders to fish, so there is no doubt in my mind that's what those bettas were for. I hate to mention race but the buyer was Asian & I know betta fighting is popular in the Asian community.

 

[arowana man]

hello
i know there is alot of beta fighter on mfk
i was wondering
just wondering
(no need to start a war)
how do you train your bettas to fight??
i know they fight thru instinct
but how do you increase there fighting skills
im just wondering
what are some of your ways
and ive found a plakat at my lfs for 5 bucks
is that a good deal
considering that ive never seen them in a fish store??

 

[dzb912]

ban me because i asked a question about betta fighting?
because asking questions makes me a bad person?
i think we should ban you for being to sensitive

 

[KABB44423]

LOL

 

[fish tamer]

if a person wanted to train a betta i would say just fight him when you have a another betta they will learn when thre in many fights