As a fellow purveyor of aquatic tropical specimens I vouch for the inhumanity of raising fish. They do not have beds or houses, TV’s, cars or cell phones. They are forced to live completely in water and are fed miniscule amounts of highly processed, dried flake food.
Tropical fish are routinely raised in large vats so filled with food that they grow faster than their wild cousins. They are treated for disease and live 5 times longer than they would if they were in a pond somewhere. They are not treated like humans. They are treated like fish, the most basic animal invertebrate on the planet.
Fish caught in the wild are handled with extreme care. They are treated for parasites and given time to acclimate to healthy, clean environments.
Tropical fish hobbyists are among the most skilled animal keepers. They are members of a hobby and tradition that is thousands of years old. Aquarists are rewarded with animals that are beautiful and adapt wonderfully to captive environments. Most fish respond by breeding in captivity, a genuine sign of health and a stress free environment.
How dare these ignorant fools disparage a hobby that provides lessons to children in actually caring for animals, not just having warm fuzzy feeling about freeing Willy.
Pity the child who never learns the sheer pleasure of raising a tank of guppies. Curse the hate mongers who would deny the blessing of taking care of a small animal.
Father Fish
The inhumanists want to remove all joy from the human experience. I think they are being led by the same spirit as Islamacists, who want the same thing.
Fish in my care have houses! They tend to be flower pots and PCV plumbing parts but they are more than happy to take up residence in them ;)
But your 100% correct. Fish in my care (and most everyone else) get MUCH better care than they would in the wild.
I actually treat fish for Ich, Flukes, Marine velvet, infections, and other parasites.
You don’t get that kind of care in the ocean (or river, or lake)
... or never gets a chance to throw ping-pong balls into little glass fishbowls at the State Fair.