This is why we can't have nice things...

[hvincent]

At least there are more laws governing abuse of fuzzier animals; it wouldn't be legally considered animal abuse if you didn't feed a betta at all and left it in a drinking glass all its life but if you put a kitten in a shoebox and left it there until it died you'd be breaking animal cruelty laws. I get so angry at the local pet store for how they keep their reptiles; the cages are all pretty clean, but much colder and drier than they should be for certain animals. They had a good snake guy working there for a while and the ball pythons he showed me looked to be in pretty good shape, but all the recent ones I've seen look stressed, timid, and have awful cases of mouth rot

[bettalvr]

Yep, and you're right, the laws basically cover the fuzzy kids. . . none of our others. I'm with you, it infuriates me! They all deserve to be cared for.
Think we could move all the 'people' out of PA and open a rescue haven for all species, except homo sapiens?

[hvincent]

PA's a pretty big state...be hard to move everyone out. Maybe Vermont or Connecticut or something. Lots of people there, but it'd be a much shorter wall we'd have to build around the border

[mdellasalla]

I dunno, some people deserve rescuing too

[bettalvr]

Sounds like a plan. . . but we better wait til spring when all the snow's gone!

[mdellasalla]

ooo I vote Connecticut

[mdellasalla]

oh man it was weird. I went home for thanksgiving (40 mins outside of Pittsburgh) and there was snow! hehe It has just been rainy and well Pittsburghy in Pittsburgh

[betafish]

Originally Posted by hvincent

but they do for fish because they're just decorations anyway!

So sad, they are not just decorations, they use them also as humidifier and a night light: [Registered users only can see links. ]

[mdellasalla]

oh wow... that's just wrong...

[wiccansinger]

oh my god, bettafish, i think you have stumbled onto something extremly horrid... "A camera inside the tank displays what’s going on inside the virtual fish tank on your computer, so you never even have to look at the real fish if you like to neglect animals. " I cant believe anyone with any love for the environment or animals would be able to type/read that without feeling angry!