Responsible Fish Keeper?

[pupumole]

is this a hypothetical or true to life situation? you started out by saying, "IMAGINE," so i'm assuming it not true to life.

true to life, im 2 while someone on this world is 1

call work tell them you will be late your pet is very sick

i agree, that would be responsible for the pet. as oppose to 1 , where he just ignores

no offense, but this makes little sense . . .

hope this will clear up for u soon enough : ) this is like an english class theoretical moral analysis thing xD

How about being prepared so that a scenario like this would not be likely to happen

yes that would be ideal, but unexpected emergency does happen (although very rare in most cases) .... so , about preparedness, doesnt that include being prepared when something does 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?

does what job matters? if it is a job that you are obligated to not leave such as the one u pointed out , an ER doctor . Then if you wanted to keep fish. The responsibility of keeping fish follows. So, if you cant leave the job, then wouldn't it be responsible to have a backup person in charge? Or else, wouldn't it be better if you not keep fish since you can't be responsible for the fish ?

 

[sostoudt]

does what job matters? if it is a job that you are obligated to not leave such as the one u pointed out , an ER doctor . Then if you wanted to keep fish. The responsibility of keeping fish follows. So, if you cant leave the job, then wouldn't it be responsible to have a backup person in charge? Or else, wouldn't it be better if you not keep fish since you can't be responsible for the fish ?

i suppose you have a point, teaching the room mate about some basic fish care would be good. i suppose leave him a check list of how to do it.

 

[Krawnik]

How about being prepared so that a scenario like this would not be likely to happen

 

[Bderick67]

yes that would be ideal, but unexpected emergency does happen (although very rare in most cases) .... so , about preparedness, doesnt that include being prepared when something does happen ?

Your original scenario was dependant on something happening, otherwise why would you have to make a choice on going to work or getting someone else to deal with it.

 

[SimonL]

I think it is irresponsible to rely upon another person to care for your pets in the long term. Also, if we substituted "fish" for "dog" I don't think anyone would agree that letting it suffer because you didn't have time would be preferable to finding it a good home.

 

[Otolith]

From an ecologically objective perspective this rare to possibly extinct organism is already "dead". Unless your home scenario currently includes a highly efficient breeding/reintroduction/habitat protection variable not mentioned in the original question. Following that logic whether or not you can save it by staying home constantly is irrelevant. If its so rare and fragile it shouldn't be in a hobbyist situation that only a limited monetary and time budget are allotted, rather a lab or farming scenario that is devoted to species preservation.

... Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding the question....

 

[greenterra]

From an ecologically objective perspective this rare to possibly extinct organism is already "dead". Unless your home scenario currently includes a highly efficient breeding/reintroduction/habitat protection variable not mentioned in the original question. Following that logic whether or not you can save it by staying home constantly is irrelevant. If its so rare and fragile it shouldn't be in a hobbyist situation that only a limited monetary and time budget are allotted, rather a lab or farming scenario that is devoted to species preservation.

... Or perhaps I'm misunderstanding the question....

I agree^^. Both answers are superseded by the irresponsibility of keeping a species on the verge of extinction in the sole hands of a hobbyist.

 

[pupumole]

good point you guys brought out... but if a conservation group have not been establish for a specie .... and this specie is only being kept alive by hobbiest while waiting for conservation effort to rise. isnt it the hobbiest responsibility to do as much as they can to keep it alive until they can hand over to lab or wherever conservation could take place, instead of just letting it die cuz u have work ?

 

[neoprodigy]

does what job matters? if it is a job that you are obligated to not leave such as the one u pointed out , an ER doctor . Then if you wanted to keep fish. The responsibility of keeping fish follows. So, if you cant leave the job, then wouldn't it be responsible to have a backup person in charge? Or else, wouldn't it be better if you not keep fish since you can't be responsible for the fish ?

The question is where to find this "backup person"... I understand having a person to check on your fish while you on vacation... (this person probably check on the fish after work) but during non vacation days?

the idea is nice... but realistically it wont happen... no work --> no hobby. which is why we see parent sent their sick children to school... or go to work when your sick.... no work --> no money...

 

[andy1]

If you have a species that is so rare that it is almost extinct, it would be pretty irresponsible in the beginning to have that as a "pet". To answer the question, I'll go with #2.