Nemo Insanity

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by naesco

Please post any stores involved in this or similar promotions as I will lay a formal complaint with the SPCA.

Hah! I once lodged a complaint with the ESPCA about a local pet store that sold birds. Birds were just packed in way too small aviaries and there were many birds without feathers in several aviaries. It was disgusting the way these poor birds were warehoused

A few weeks after lodging the complaint, I stopped back into the store and talked to an employee I'd become friendly with. As far as she knew no SPCA constable ever showed up. I looked around and the birds were in as bad condition as before

If birds aren't considered animals by the SPCA, I really doubt fish are up their alleys either. At least whenever I've gone to the ESPCA to donate stuff, I've seen birds and/or bird cages there. But they aren't in the least way set up for fish, so abused fish probably don't exist for them.

Now that I'm on a rant about fish not being animals to professionals, vets have NO idea about fish. They know about cats, dogs, ferrets, large hookbilled birds (very little about finches), some reptiles, but NOT FISH

Except for these boards and a few good books on the market, we're basically on our own as fishkeepers. You can't trust the lfs for good information, vets are even more clueless than lfs employees, so it's d*mn good we're all here and we stick together and share the stuff that we know

Keep up the good work, everyone

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