kalel wrote:
I agree about birds in cages. Birds are flying creatures, so not allowing them to fly seems cruel to me.
Fair enough you can be absolutist about all pet keeping being cruel, but I don't think fish keeping is one of the worst examples as long as you really respect the amount of space and care they need.
@RyanDS - not really sure where you've got 200 litres from. Pretty much every source I've ever seen says it depends on the size of fish, but generally around 30 gallons for a goldfish which is about 130 litres. PETA's estimation is actually substantially less than that (although they do generally advise against keeping fish in tanks).
200 is the figure I remember, and a quick search of the fishforums I am a member of says the same. But then again those are fish lovers places so always err on the side of caution.
Even 130 litres is much larger than most people expect though. Basically it's not that important, other than the fact that everything advertised as a "goldfish bowl" or similar is utterly unsuitable as they normally are more betta size tanks of around 50 litres.
Now if you are looking at marine fish (as I keep) then those figures become set in stone and you can't play around much with living space.
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