Very true. I'm going to shave chihuahuas and tattoo I <3 U on them and see how fast the spca is up my @$$.RyanS;1015122; said:
paint injected fish at local pet store
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Noobs over here will buy dyed fish just because they think they look nice and they aren't aware what they go through.
You should actually have your mobile in the shop and just record a video and say that your showing your 'kids' what fish the shop have so that they can choose without going to the shop. They'll probably play along with it. Then post it up on MFK'ers.
Are you sure they were injected? I cannot see how using the normal injection process would lead to the fish having "PETS PLUS" on them. Are you sure they are not put into an acid type bath to remove the slime coat and then "tattooed". Well thats even worse.
I would march right up to the manager tell them if they continue to sell dyed fish you are not going to give them any business, tell them you will continue to do business with them if they stop selling these fish.
I would march right up to the manager tell them if they continue to sell dyed fish you are not going to give them any business, tell them you will continue to do business with them if they stop selling these fish.
I don't like painted fish myself. However, to a store, they generate income, is it moral? I'll try to delve into this subject just a little without getting hammered. There is also a similar discussion on the other website, and it has gotten out of hand in my opinion.
We, as Americans, living in the United States, often see things solely from our own perspective, ethnocentric. We justify what we like and condem others for being different.
Like Oddballer stated in another thread, these "dyed" fish, "hybrids" actually provide some basic living for many people in the 3rd, 4th world countries, which live on $1.00 u.s. or less a day wages!!! Take a minute to think about living on that amount of money.
So selling some fish with a "i love you" tatoo, provides some food for a family in thailand, so their daughter doesn't have to be prostituted out at the age of 13. Is that so wrong? Those are human beings we're takling about now. While at the same time, our kids are throwing out food that we don't feel like eating, or doesn't fit our taste. While people are spending money hunting in the woods for trophies to hang on the wall? how about fly fishing, you catch the fish, put them throgh stress, a hole in the mouth, then release them, tricking them into thinking they're getting a meal, but to end up with a wound that might get infected in the mouth, and that's deemed noble in the Western society?
We actually breed small fish to feed to larger fish, keep thousands of feeders in a tiny tank, rarely fed, just all waiting to die, is that more humane than tatooing a fish?
On charter fishing boats, if you've been on one, the fish are gaffed out of water, left to bleed to death in a gunny sack? Our own president, Teddy Rosevelt, went around the world on hunting safaris, posing with lions and buffalos.
Well, with all this said, I still have much more to say, if you have the reading comprehension level and attention span to read the entirety, feel free to comment, please don't take things out of context. All I'm asking is for each to examine themselves, and if they have not guilt, then throw the first stone.
For the people who have the attention span of a 4 year old, and comprehension level of the same, this is for you:
Winning an argument on the internet is like winning the special olympics!
We, as Americans, living in the United States, often see things solely from our own perspective, ethnocentric. We justify what we like and condem others for being different.
Like Oddballer stated in another thread, these "dyed" fish, "hybrids" actually provide some basic living for many people in the 3rd, 4th world countries, which live on $1.00 u.s. or less a day wages!!! Take a minute to think about living on that amount of money.
So selling some fish with a "i love you" tatoo, provides some food for a family in thailand, so their daughter doesn't have to be prostituted out at the age of 13. Is that so wrong? Those are human beings we're takling about now. While at the same time, our kids are throwing out food that we don't feel like eating, or doesn't fit our taste. While people are spending money hunting in the woods for trophies to hang on the wall? how about fly fishing, you catch the fish, put them throgh stress, a hole in the mouth, then release them, tricking them into thinking they're getting a meal, but to end up with a wound that might get infected in the mouth, and that's deemed noble in the Western society?
We actually breed small fish to feed to larger fish, keep thousands of feeders in a tiny tank, rarely fed, just all waiting to die, is that more humane than tatooing a fish?
On charter fishing boats, if you've been on one, the fish are gaffed out of water, left to bleed to death in a gunny sack? Our own president, Teddy Rosevelt, went around the world on hunting safaris, posing with lions and buffalos.
Well, with all this said, I still have much more to say, if you have the reading comprehension level and attention span to read the entirety, feel free to comment, please don't take things out of context. All I'm asking is for each to examine themselves, and if they have not guilt, then throw the first stone.
For the people who have the attention span of a 4 year old, and comprehension level of the same, this is for you:
Winning an argument on the internet is like winning the special olympics!
I agree with wes... People are going to do what they can to make a buck. These people sound a little shady, but I'd rather see them tatooing a few fish rather than selling drugs to kids on the street cornor... The fish must have tolerated the process if there swimming around waiting to be sold... Not that I would buy them... Who would buy a fish with a store name on it? Crazzzyyy... I have owned a tatooed fish before. I would have still bought her w/out the spots. I just loved the fish...
I'd tell them I won't be using the store at all, and I will let them know why. Unfortunately, it probably won't make much difference because of the amount of people who either don't care or don't know that will still buy them-if there wasn't a market, they wouldn't be there right?
Wes, I thoroughly understand what you are saying, I do. I just feel it is shifting our problems onto other lifeforms. Just makes me feel we are becoming more and more a parasite to our world.
Wes, I thoroughly understand what you are saying, I do. I just feel it is shifting our problems onto other lifeforms. Just makes me feel we are becoming more and more a parasite to our world.
