do you have sympathy for feeder gold fish?

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lujor;4329491; said:
On the day I moved into my house years ago I went along my new street to introduce myself to the new neighbors. I was wearing old clothes because of the move. My T-shirt (which I had owned for nearly 10yrs) was from a BBQ place in AZ. The back had a pic of a smilling pig and read: P.E.T.A.- People who Enjoy Tasting Animals. I went over to my neighbors across the street and chatted for a minute. When I turned to walk back over to my place the wife started laughing. I turned, thinking I had sat in something crazy. She told me that her and her husband were PETA members. I thought they were joking cuz they thought the shirt was kinda funny...Nope. They are true card-carrying post-hippy PETA-donating animal rights activists. I still live across the street from them and have had numerous lighthearted debates about how ridiculous PETA is... but I will never live down that glorious first impression. (If I would have known they were PETA, I would have made sure to wear the shirt anyway. My neighbors know I think they are crazy, but we get along- it takes all types).
I am sure somewhere on the internet there is some info about PETA's stance on the aquarium hobby. Props to whoever can get it posted here first.
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Do a quick google search on "Sea Kittens". It's more geared towards anti-fishing, but whatever, it's ridiculous.
 
Bottomfeeder;4329979; said:
Do a quick google search on "Sea Kittens". It's more geared towards anti-fishing, but whatever, it's ridiculous.
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Here is my sea kitten :D :naughty:
 

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vladfloroff;4329618; said:
Unless you hunt/fish you are just as full of it as the PETA people, you are a mooch predator. As far as ASPCA again total crap. Spay and neuter your animals prevents litters not keeping them. A basic biology class might be a good idea. Also adopting abandoned pets doesn't add to the problem BUYING from pet stores fuels the breeders.

Back on topic. I can't really feel sympathy for the fish being eaten. If it's born it will die, no avoiding that. Once it dies it will get eaten, even humans rot in the ground. So long as the kill is quick (even minutes) beats the hell out of rotting in a nursing home sometimes for years. So I do feel bad about their living conditions but dieing is a function of living. Until that changes I can't see the logic in feeling bad about it. That said it is our responsibility to treat our food humanly. This has the added advantage of getting your wife to let you get a $8K Barret for deer hunting, instant kill guaranteed:grinno:.
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what the hell are you talking about? im not pro peta...i could care less about the spca...and i hate to tell you this but unless dogs/cats are sterilized at birth peta and the spca are a waste of time and money ..and my point with shelters is you are HELPING people dump animals, and 9 times out of 10 THEY go out and get another one..so explain to me how adopting helps? your kidding yourself if you think it does anything but make you feel better about owning an animal...again i dont care about human engineered "companion animals"... they mean less to me than feeders...im confused as to why your attempting to flame me for having basically the same stance as you?...im flaming the hypocrites who think its "cruel" to make feeders "suffer " the indignity of being eaten ...by participating in this hobby you are accepting responsibility for everything that goes along with it..2000 feeders in a 55g tank...13in Oscars in fish bowls...by spending money on this hobby you and I are part of the problem...accept it...or get out of it..that's all im trying to say....you can try to educate but in the end it wont change...

and BTW almost NOTHING in nature is an instant kill..ever seen a momma lion teach its young to kill? brutal...and i used to hunt but i like my cow alot better...8k would fill my freezer for years...and if your talking about a .50 cal your right the animal wont suffer...prolly ruin most of the meat but whatever
 
i have no sympathy for feeders..at least not mine..they are over fed and in the best condition i can make them be in before i feed to my fish

i feel bad for the mass produced feeders on the market for the conditions they live in but really they are no different then eating any type of farm animal for us..its life things get eaten....yum
 
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