OMG, that is soooo sad...knowing me I would of bought it just cause I felt bad for them!! I'm really bad at stuff like that, ended up with a violet goby (which ended up being a GREAT fish) because they were in a tank that was sooo horrible..half dead, others dying so I bought one...knowing nothing about them (yes, I know BAD me) but anyway I had a tank I was setting up to get some African cichlids I had been wanting...well needles to say that tank became a BW tank instead. After I got home and found out what I had..they even had on the tank that they needed aquarium salt (1tsp/10g or something like that)! I did end up loosing him because the ice storm we had last year, had no power for 4 days. I also have 3 male bettas, and a tank with 6 female bettas because I just can't walk past them and not buy one...OMG I have a problem!!
Anyway sorry got off the topic there a little, but that is just sad and so cruel!!!