Wal-Mart Protest........... *PLEASE HELP*

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Who believes we should protest against Wal-Mart for housing and abusing fish? They shouldn't be able to carry live fish in their store. The fish aren't properly taken care of, they always have ick or some other disease, the water is dirty, there are always dead fish in the tanks that they don't bother to remove. I don't know how many times I have gone into a Wal-Mart and replaced the water in the Betta cups myself because the water was so dirty that the fish was on deaths door step. The fish always look emaciated and I've seen some with deformities. No employee that works there knows how to take care of these fish, they aren't trained for it. I really believe this is animal cruelty at it's finest. Some people don't care about our aquatic friends and say they aren't animals and they are worthless, but I disagree. I love my fish that i have at home and they are taken care of well beyond what is probably needed, but I hate to see fish suffering in such conditions. No animal should have to go through begging for food and not being fed, swimming in their own waste, riddled with disease left untreated and die, and so on and so on. If you feel that we should start a protest against Wal-Mart please let me know. Feel free to speak your mind on this subject. I am desperate to get tropical fish out of Wal-Mart stores. Who thinks so too?
 
The Wal-Mart near my place takes good care of them. Every time I go in I see the same kid cleaning the tanks. I've talked to him and he really likes his job so that might be the difference.
 
The Walmart in Santa Clarita does a decent job with keeping their fish I have to admit.
 
I don't shop at Walmart PERIOD!!!

If I were you, I would ask to speak to the store manager or email their corporate office.

It is disturbing to hear about the cruelty and neglect of the fish there....they don't treat their employees much better, a company with all that wealth and they exploit their employees, many of which don't even have health care!
 
the walmart here in puyallup, WA is a perfect example of what your saying blue star, and i totally agree with you
 
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