Ethical?

[Venomancer]

My dad's baby arowana was suffering from fin rot and ich for almost 3 weeks. I was the one who's always water changing, giving meds, feeding his aro since it got sick and I did everything I could to save it. The aro got worse, almost all of it's fins and scales are gone and you can see the muscle at the tip of it's tail. I suggested to him few days to put it down to end it's suffering since it won't last for very long then he told me that "it's still alive and i'll wait till it die". I feel so bad about the fish that I decided to put it down when he was doing something at the backyard right at this very moment. So did I do the right thing? or I'm just a crazy bastard?

 

[Freezekougra]

You did a good job for caring about the fish

 

[smartlove_518]

i dont see how will it make a difference now since you have already done what you had to do.ethical or not makes no difference now.u were the one looking after the fish and you knew what was best for the fish.

 

[sostoudt]

personally i think the right to put down a fish is reserved to the actual owner, if it is ever what a animal actually wants. im of the opinion if the fish isnt laying the corner 24hrs a day it still wants to live.

would you unplug someone at the hospital thats being kept alive by a machine, when your not there legally recognized guardian.

given your in the situation with a horrible illness that may be healable with time would you want someone to shoot you in the head at there own descretion. i wouldnt

 

[sostoudt]

that being said. dont feel bad about killing the fish as people kill billions of fish a year with out a second thought.

be more concerned about your fathers feelings, as it was his pet.

 

[Toby_H]

An animal will strive to survive as regardless of how bad it's situation is... fish don't "commit suicide"...

At the same time I think you did what you did for the right reason...

Whether it was "the right thing" or not is purely based on individual perspectives…

My suggestion… be confident in your intension to do what was right and don’t lie to your father when he asks what happened to his fish.

 

[Dixon81]

personally i think the right to put down a fish is reserved to the actual owner, if it is ever what a animal actually wants. im of the opinion if the fish isnt laying the corner 24hrs a day it still wants to live.

would you unplug someone at the hospital thats being kept alive by a machine, when your not there legally recognized guardian.

given your in the situation with a horrible illness that may be healable with time would you want someone to shoot you in the head at there own descretion. i wouldnt

Personally, I dont think the life of a fish and the life of a human can ever be on the same level.

 

[Toby_H]

Personally, I dont think the life of a fish and the life of a human can ever be on the same level.

When comparing the “value” of human life to the “value” of a fish’s life I would have to agree.

But I don’t believe that’s what Sostoudt was doing…

I believe he was using a human situation to represent the principal that not giving up on life is an important principal in and of itself…

 

[Liba]

Just buy him a new one.

 

[Venomancer]

He didn't even asked me when he saw his fish. I just found it in a trash can near the kitchen after eating some snack.