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[DCDN]

We can state that it is inhumane to take a creature and put it into such a condition. Though this hobby is about that. We can argue about the right size of a tank for a tang. Yet to someone outside this community could easily argue that the ocean and free range can never be recreated in a tank. Is a 6 foot tank really that much better than a 4 foot tank or is it just a way to justify it to ourselves. By no means to I feel putting a fish into a key chain is acceptable. However I realise that I have taken living creatures away from their natural habbitat. I can try to justify it to myself by stating my fish live in better water than I drink and such things as trying to provide the best environment for them. This can not truely compare to where they were taken out of the ocean. A goldfish in a key chain compared to a tang in a 6 foot tank could be the same arguement.

[Megalodon]

Originally Posted by DCDN

Is a 6 foot tank really that much better than a 4 foot tank or is it just a way to justify it to ourselves.

That's totally different than putting an air-breathing turtle in a little sealed bag and jangling it around on the end of a key chain. What we do is strive to keep our pets happy in an environment where they can not only survive but thrive. This is doing nothing but guaranteeing death and suffering for a quick buck from an uninformed impulse buyer.

[DCDN]

Originally Posted by Megalodon

That's totally different than putting an air-breathing turtle in a little sealed bag and jangling it around on the end of a key chain. What we do is strive to keep our pets happy in an environment where they can not only survive but thrive. This is doing nothing but guaranteeing death and suffering for a quick buck from an uninformed impulse buyer.

Its not completely different, its just at a different point along the spectrum. Go outside the aquarium community and ask people such as Snorkel Bob about the aquaruim trade and you would get the same reaction. Taking a creature out of its natural enviroment where it can swim a hundred feet at a time and putting it into a small glass box. Could make the same arguement. Putting a creature into a small bag for a keychain disgusts me personally. It is important to remember there are those that say the same thing about out glass boxes.

[Madreefer]

I did a search on this and could'nt find anything current on this. It is all from 2008. This topic is in the wrong board. Should be moved to the lounge and it is also rumored to be a hoax. Unfortunately there is nothing that we can do about it if it is true. We all seem to have the same opinion on this topic. It's already gone off topic as it's turned to chickens and attacking other cultures. Just be proud of where and how we live knowing that when there is cruelty to animals that something is done about it. ie: sled dogs in Whistler

[Megalodon]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

I did a search on this and could'nt find anything current on this. It is all from 2008. This topic is in the wrong board. Should be moved to the lounge and it is also rumored to be a hoax. Unfortunately there is nothing that we can do about it if it is true. We all seem to have the same opinion on this topic. It's already gone off topic as it's turned to chickens and attacking other cultures. Just be proud of where and how we live knowing that when there is cruelty to animals that something is done about it. ie: sled dogs in Whistler

Of course there's a spectrum, that's what I want several people in this thread to understand, especially the one's saying this is exactly the same as what we do, when it isn't. Further to that spectrum, we can place treatment of pets into three different categories; ones which cannot survive, ones that can survive but not thrive, and ones that can both survive and thrive. Anyone who cannot do the latter shouldn't be in this hobby.