WANTED: YOUR BETTA TO FIGHT

[Auratus]

Itty in all of these posts lately I haven't seen you vote yes or no except talk about culture. So I assum that you think it's okay as long as it is done super careful and with full respect for the animal?


The reason not to fight a siamese fighting fish is because the pet store bettas aren't even the right type to fight. The long fins hinder them and they aren't as agressive as regular fighting plakats. If you ARE going to fight bettas at least get the right kind. That's like putting two golden retrievers together and going sick em'! Not gonna happen....

I voted NO!

 

[plecoperson]

there is a big difference between setting ice hockey players and dogs/cocks/siamese fighting fish on each other. The humans consented to it.
I agree with Mis Cheese Specialist about the hunting. I cannot abide fur on clothes, either. But thats another subject. My important point is this.

I take it all you people who object to Betta fighting also object to using Feeders in their home tanks?

 

[Auratus]

As in feeding feeders to bigger fish?

I know your going to say well how is it fare because the feeder has no chance to get away and all that stuff. But an animal needs to eat. Bettas don't need to fight. There are just certain things we have to compromise with when keeping animals in cages. I feel bad for mice when fed to snakes but I'm not, not going to feed the snake because humans selfishly put the snake in a cage and so now the mouse has no where to go.

 

[bkk_group]

Itty in all of these posts lately I haven't seen you vote yes or no except talk about culture. So I assum that you think it's okay as long as it is done super careful and with full respect for the animal?


The reason not to fight a siamese fighting fish is because the pet store bettas aren't even the right type to fight. The long fins hinder them and they aren't as agressive as regular fighting plakats. If you ARE going to fight bettas at least get the right kind. That's like putting two golden retrievers together and going sick em'! Not gonna happen....

I voted NO!

i'm sure itty is aware of the differences between fighting plakats and "pet store" bettas.

 

[Auratus]

Oh, that wasn't directed at itty. Someone asked "if you have a siamese fighting fish why wouldn't you fight it." Sorry about that.

 

[White Whale]

Itty in all of these posts lately I haven't seen you vote yes or no except talk about culture. So I assum that you think it's okay as long as it is done super careful and with full respect for the animal?


The reason not to fight a siamese fighting fish is because the pet store bettas aren't even the right type to fight. The long fins hinder them and they aren't as agressive as regular fighting plakats. If you ARE going to fight bettas at least get the right kind. That's like putting two golden retrievers together and going sick em'! Not gonna happen....

Exactly. Even the owners of fighting betta revere the fish. They do not dump the fish if it loses because they know that they were the one who put them in that situation and the fish has fought its best for them with their own little life on the line.

I disdain people who say "let's put them together and watch them rip each other apart" because it shows how very little they know of this cultural sport.

 

[plecoperson]

with the snake allusion - I used to look after a snake - I fed it prekilled, frozen mice which I defrosted. So there was none of the pain and fear the mice feel from the snake stalking it then crushing it or poisoning it to death before they eat it. Fortunately, feeding live vertebrates to other animals is illegal in the UK.

I can't see any difference between bettas and feeders when it comes to putting an animal in a situation where you know it will be very badly maimed or killed, and suffer a large amount of pain before it dies. To me, even putting live shrimp in the tank with my fish is abhorrent. I just cant do it, knowing that the shrimp have no chance of survival. I feed my fish jellied shrimp - who can draw a line between whether a goldfish or betta's life is more important? Playing God.

 

[Auratus]

I fed it prekilled, frozen mice which I defrosted

I worked at a petstore and the way they kill the mice is very inhumane and causes them a lot of pain. They either throw them ALIVE into the freezer and let them slowly die, or in the case of the lps I worked at, bash them in the head with the back of a knife and then throw them in the freezer. Either way the mouse goes through pain, you just don't see it. I also know of a guy who works at a reptile store and they slam the rats heads against the side of the counter... not very humane is it?

who can draw a line between whether a goldfish or betta's life is more important? Playing God.

In that case, we shouldn't even keep fish in tiny tanks nothing like their natural habitats. That in itself is cruel.

Once again I'm going to stress the point:
FISH HAS TO EAT! BETTA DOESN'T HAVE TO FIGHT!!

 

[amazingbioloboydp]

cock fighting is legal here in Louisiana

 

[mr_br0kn_drmz]

im cambodian so i was raised up on thinking bettas were meant for fighting. so i put yes.

 

[cutechic]

I didn't vote. I wouldn't have a problem selling my bettas to someone who knew and respected the Thai culture, conditioned their bettas before and after fighting, would not fight their bettas to the death, etc. etc. But I know no one like this who actually wants to fight their bettas

 

[lucky62]

Na