Want to know how Betta is shipped?

Hey can I find out who they are I wouldn't mind making a trip there and bagging the shippers and owners up in a garbage bag with just a little air and shipping them like that...................... Do you think that I would go to jail?


If I shipped a dog like that Do you think I would go to jail?

What if I shipped a cat like that Do you think I would go to jail?

Ok if I shipped a fish like that Do you think I would go to jail?


Whats wrong with these answers?

Point Blank WRONG!!!!

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SftWrmRain said:
IMO this is what needs to happen. Responsible betta owners wouldn't mind paying $10 for a fish, I don't think. It's their low prices that causes little Johnny's mom to buy it up for him and not care if it's mistreated or dies. People that fork out more money for things they want tend to care more about their welfare.
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Your avatar is the most beautiful betta I've ever seen. Is it yours?
 
Omega said:
Your avatar is the most beautiful betta I've ever seen. Is it yours?
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Aww thanks! Yes, he certainly is. His name is Valentino. His mate's name is Xena, and I'll attach a pic of her too. Thank you for the nice compliment! I currently have 10 day old fry from their one and only spawn. Looks to be about 50. I'm so excited to watch them grow!

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That is the same way we recieve them at the LFS. I have had discus I imported from Thailand shipped that way as well and most made it all right. I do not order from that company any more because the quality of there discus was low but packing density was very high to best optimize shipping costs.
 
hmmm..some thought... but in reality I bet the amount of water to each fish is pretty close to what I have seen with fish sent to a store in a big bag with about half gallon of water and 30 fish (or more).

I have seen bags with lots of fish in them.

if you think about the individual bags,sealed, the species of this fish and the liklihood of those shipping bowls getting damaged in transit..those little baggies may not be such a bad thing.

if the mortality rate is as low as is stated..maybe they researched this and calculated the best method. otherwise those bettas may run quite a bit more than you are paying for them.
water is heavy and freight is based on weight.
 
star_rider said:
if the mortality rate is as low as is stated..
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It is...and with shipping prices going up every few months, shipping any other way would see bettas becoming quite pricey ($10-$20 each), which would mean that North Americans would buy fewer, which would mean that shops would sell and therefore buy less, so overseas wholesalers would sell less, and many would downsize or close.... it has its impacts.
 
Don't know which is worse, this - or how my local fish hell (the WORSE LFS ever) gets them all in a big box in a massive bag, with tons of males and females all mixed in, the bottom is covered in bits and dead fish. its really nasty. They just kinda net off the few live ones and bin the box. Have been getting health and safety after them as I'm sure a massive box of dead fish on a hot summer day has got to be a health violation, set aside its animal cruilty to start with. People suck.
 
Horrendous, someone needs to put an end to this insanity.
 
i work at deathco, we got a shipment of about 30~50 of those bettas every week packed just like that. it's not uncommon for there to be 5 or more dead ones in a shipment and once we lost about 10~12 but usually there are none or just one dead, still doesn't make it right though.
 
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