ER9

i just want to remember two neglected betta's that didn't make it today.

i vowed today after witnessing what i did to never go back there again....no more pet chain stores for me.

about 8 betta were sitting in about 10 ounces of water like they seem to...day in...day out in individual plastic cups out on display....two had long since died and every single one of the rest of them were sitting motionless on the bottom of their cups....clearly close to death. i walked over to the young girl and told her they were close to dying and needed oxygen and new water. she seemed a bit clueless but immediatly went to fix the problem....unfortunatelly it was to late for two of them.

i hope your next journey is safer my little red friends...

sirdarksol

Poor little guys.

I'm glad that there's another member around here who won't go back to Petco.

Please, take the time to go to the Petco website and pull up their address/e-mail and send them a letter, explaining why you will never shop there.
Our silent boycott will hurt them a little, but letting them know why might actually change things.

ER9

thank you for the suggestion....i didn't think of that. excellent idea and i agree....

This is the email i sent to them...

"i just wanted to take a moment to articulate why i will not buy from you chain again until i see improvments made in animal storage and care.

after visiting your wilshire blvd branch several times i have witnessed disgusting neglect and general lack of concern of you tropical fish.

unbeleivably your chain store feels displaying a live creature in a 10 ounce cup of water is appealing? i cant even begin to describe how incredibly ignorant and disgusting this comes across.

my experience today was after entering the store and browsing aquarium supplies i noticed a dozen Betta fish sitting on display in little plastic cups in very small quantities of water. two of the fish had died and appeared to have been dead for quite some time. every single one of the rest of them were extremely close to death.

it appears the problem was simply no one was concered enough to take a moment to change 10 ounces of water.

unfortunately there are many people who work jobs that require care that do not. i'm not asking to change individuals personalities. As a large corporation i expect you to be smart enough to realise this and compensate for it.

theres absolutely no reason you should allow such horrible storage conditions of a live creature in any of your stores. what i mean is you should have the foresight at minimum to create conditions that are at safe for them....at best comfortable.

are you a company that really cares enough to do this?"

COBettaCouple

poor little guys. reminds me of the little "Mr. Purple" we brought home from walmart yesterday. All they need is proper treatment and he wouldn't have died.