Responsible Fish Keeper?

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imagine this scenario : you have some very valuable( or perhaps, extinct in the wild already) fish at home, fish that some common folks would just dream of keeping, or for that matter, dream of seeing one alive. you know the fish arent doing so well, but you have to go to work/school

the following are two viewpoints that i was told:
1. work is work. play is play. Fish keeping is just a hobby. I can't get off work to save some precious life.

2. saving precious life is very important. especially when that one individual life can affect the continuation of that specie. I know i can't get off work/school right now, but at least, as responsible as i could, i appointed someone who could rescue/safe (or at least attempt to) the fish

Who is a more responsible fish keeper ? ( 1 or 2? ) Is it morally right to just let a valuable life perish in vain ? Isn't it better to at least attempt a rescue? please explain
I personally stand on the side of number 2. but i would love to hear from all of you guys' opinion :)
 
is this a hypothetical or true to life situation? you started out by saying, "IMAGINE," so i'm assuming it not true to life.
 
I don't like the premise in #1... anyone that is keeping really rare fish is not just in this as a hoby, clearly they have a substantial amount of "them" invested in the situation.
 
okay.. due to my misinterpretation of viewpoint 1... please note that its been edited
 
call work tell them you will be late your pet is very sick
 
How about being prepared so that a scenario like this would not be likely to happen
 
i would say it depends what you do. so for example take this situation
the place you work at is a hospital your the main doctor in the ER, you call they say they will try to call in another doctor but they dont know if he will respond. do you still go into work or do you take care of your pet? if you dont take care of your pet it will die for sure, if you dont go to work you risk having a understaffed ER. what do you choose?


so whats your job?
 
neoprodigy;3624597; said:
#2 has a flaw... where to find this "somebody" to help you during the 9-5 days?
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friends, family, neighbor, or perhaps maybe ( if u arent always working on a computer) have a friend who does, and hook a webcam onto the internet and have him notify you when/if anything goes wrong, so you could rush home ... this world is full of people / artificial people (webcam) ... there gotta be a way
 
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