breeding betta fish in a tank and let them kill each other off until only 1 remains. It is their nature to fight so let them be what they are. Who am I to say that they shouldn't fight?
2007-04-18 13:16:33 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
In the wild they fight only to defend territory. You are creating an artificial situation to abuse that instinct and that's nothing but animal cruelty. Yes, in my opinion the deliberate and needless killing of animals qualifies as evil.
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2007-04-18 14:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is chicken fighting right? Is dog fighting right? The answer is no, they're both illegal and immoral. Breeding fish in a tank that is quite likely FAR too small for them is bad enough, but allowing them to kill each other over territory is even worse.
You should be reported for animal abuse.
2007-04-18 20:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by lizard01007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not necessarily their nature to fight. It is their nature to defend a territory. In the wild, these fish would co-exsist in the same slow moving water (like a creek or a pond). Each male would stake a claim on a little area of that body of water. this is where they would mate with an interested female, build a bubble nest at the surface of the water, and raise the young.
However, in an UN-NATURAL environment (i.e. a fish tank), there is not enough territory for any one fish to defend, and there is also not nearly enough space for the males to get away from eachother. Therefore, it is highly unfair, and very un-natural to do what you are suggesting. We are talking about two very different scenarios and environments.
2007-04-18 20:21:10 · answer #3 · answered by dark_kitten 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I think it is cruel to just sit and watch something like that . If you would ask the pet store or where ever you get your fish if they should be in the same tank they would probablywould tell you no. they are aggresive fish they cannot be in the same tank with one another. So yes i would say not to but them in the same tank together because you know that they would kill each and that they are fighting fish. And i think that it is mean to sit and watch something so cruel.
2007-04-18 20:45:03 · answer #4 · answered by steven j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is not natural at all. In nature, they could go find their own ponds, and would not necessarily fight. In your case you are forcing them to share a pond. So you are screwing with nature, and you are also pretty dimwitted to think this is natural.
2007-04-19 01:28:00 · answer #5 · answered by boncarles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It may be in their nature, but that is not their natural environment. Breeding an animal so that it may die is cruel, immature, and wrong. Creating a life just to destroy it is senseless.
2007-04-18 20:19:35 · answer #6 · answered by ZeroCharisma 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
well i mean kinda because u are breding them to kill each other they are not doing it because they are together in nature they are breed into a tank to kill each other
2007-04-18 20:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by CarlyLynne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not evil but its not very natural either. In addition in nature they naturally are given a chance to flee and arent stuck in a tank.
2007-04-18 20:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by tachikoma 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a sick cruel human you are, that's animal abuse no matter the species.
2007-04-18 20:24:58 · answer #9 · answered by wolfinator25840 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want them to die when you can avoid it????
2007-04-19 07:13:54 · answer #10 · answered by oops1388 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋