Rescuing dying betta from Walmart! FISH ABUSE!? 

How did you get him so healthy within one week?

I was just thinking that if people keep making these videos than all it’s gonna do is make it worse for these fish, because are gonna wanna buy and “save” them

@@daniellara4312 steal em instead

@@tannyijaz That's just the difference a proper habitat will make.

But it still helps the fish i can see why their is a problem but i know i would feel bad if i saw an animal in need and didn’t help it

Yes I agree

I think the main problem is that they sell fish when they shouldn’t like every time I go to Walmart I see no one there and I see hungry sad fish and dead fish

unfortunately a lot of animal cruelty laws don’t cover fish, usually just mammals

I agree but I ain't gonna like.

People have been complaining about these issues for many years now. They even had several undercover video and sound recordings of the employees actually mistreating/abusing the animals, from different stores and different locations from different States. To no avail at all. Nothing was done, no one with the power to step in did step in. Some store managers did do something about it, and things did get better for a while in those few particular stores, but very quickly - within a few weeks - it went back to its old routine of neglect after they got called back by "the big bosses".

let'sCARPE thisDIEM agreed

That is what’s called a pet store

Haha haha true

Ameet Nikam maybe big chain petstores

Trueeeeeeeee

I think my Walmart got rid of the fish too

Remove the PETA hash tag and they're golden.

@@clawyraptor9029 yep

@@clawyraptor9029 PETA is good for the most part but pretty hypocritical. It's also been such a long time since I've seen a Walmart that sells fish

Ours also got rid of fish

It is nice that he shows how badly the animals are kept there, but to be honest, he wanted a betta and got it.

@@emellere9397 exactly what I was thinking... “rescuing a beta” yes but more like “buying an abused beta” as much as it would be amazing to rescue every abused animal in that store, it’s scary knowing that any kind of selfless act will provide more reason for Walmart to keep these fish in stock 🥺

Why didn’t Walmart release the fish oh wait goldfish can’t be released never mind

@@Ajay-jq2ux they don't gotta release them just take care of them and at least take out the dead ones. They don't have anything in there for the fish to actually survive hell they don't even have rocks is just a sticker they put at the bottom.

I hope someone buys them as feeders those goldfish probably aren’t saveable 😣

Boy o boy can I tell u

They do that?

Not the walmart where I live, they literally could not give a shit

Where i live you don’t have to be 18

Cam Nguyen i’ve never heard that rule anywhere,

I teared up a bit seein that. its just so horrible. those poor little fish..

Same I’m literally crying

teaxstains I hated it but what I think I hate more is that there’s nothing I can do about it, or at least it seems that way.

@@emilyprice8964 You could tell it to them directly what you think about it, boycott the store/chain entirely and report them for animal cruelty. Here where I live they would never get away with such behavior at all.

Yeah gives me flashbacks of awful memories

Imagine caring that much about fish.

@@0MrUnknown0 nothing wrong about caring about things that wouldn't hurt you more than a person could dude, don't be so cynical lmao

@@lemnon True True, you right you right

@@0MrUnknown0 redemption arc

@@crispyoctopus Yeah I lost my grandmother a month after that post so the universe was probably tired of my shenanigans. Life Is Life...

Yes

Yeah, I was just thinking that. It's so sad. :(

And nasty water, and disease he couldn’t fight, and terrible temp, etc etc etc.

The water is so disgusting I always skip walmart betta water

and the water also don't forget there in a cup they need air and they didnt have lots of space

The colors of the betta say a lot about his health. When they are bright like here, the fish is healthy, at the right temperature, well fed, has enough space and light to live happily. When its colors are bland, almost gray, the fish is in poor health. So the opposite of what I just said. When the betta stays at the bottom of the aquarium, it's because the water is too cold for him. When it stays on the surface of the water, it is because the water is too hot. If it always stays on the surface, he has a breathing problem. If he stays still in the aquarium, it is because he is too weak or in poor health. The sails of the betta are very fragile and we must avoid the rough objects in the aquarium. If they are damaged, it is important to check that they do not rot or even cut the damaged ends. The aquatic plants are very important for the good health of the betta: they serve as a hiding place and to bring food in the aquarium. Giving the betta a catappa leaf once a month allows it to have vitamins, but it is not obligatory. In short, the betta is a very interesting, beautiful and unique Asian fighting fish. One of my favorite fish. I can tell you that this one is a beautiful double tail male.

Alex it was in blue water

@@kylerigdon9925 When it was put in the new tank you could see how bad his real color was doing

Or maybe he had just replaced it with another fish 🐠

Eli Boyer hahaha my thoughts exactly

Alex what do you say for a beginner? ru-vid.com/show-UCoKoaHqFYwVF8pAPO1XfL_Q

I know that looked so sad🥺

I did cry... 😭 It was devastating.

I suppose that's good.

Yea, mine stopped selling fish for about a year now

same here thankfully

Same at mine

Im not sure about my local Walmart because we never go there to get pet related things we just order dog food

*Drifty * too expensive and is harder to clean

That's just America.

@@jackiez9510 not really hard to clean when they dont clean at all anyway.

Wheein's Flowers just the few Walmart’s that sell fish*

Same

My Walmart actually keeps there fish healthy

@@codsgames166codgames4 Then they have an employee who knows about fish. Unfortunately, most wally worlds have employees that don't know much about their departments... Not that I blame them, Walmart doesn't pay worth a damn. You get what you give.

Cj Garcia Same ours hasn’t had fish in almost 10 years

Only one of the three near me still sells fish. They do an OKish job with them and have stuck with only 4 or 5 tanks and a 8-10 bettas enough a single employee could take care of without spending full time on the fish alone (it also seems like a non teen she seems mid-late 20's is in charge of the area) at least they don't have any dead fish whenever I walk through

Ya just be they can’t be with other fish does’t mean that they don’t deserve a Big tank And a good life

He was grey at the start. Wow.

It’s almost like 2 different fish to make a cool video!

Oi rohan

Its fake.

@@carriegoodyear5729 Hm, I don't think so. I've been studying bettas for a while, and you can notice a distinctly unique tail fin shape that stays the same throughout the video. The same color change is relatively easy to achieve with proper care and nurturing of the fish, as the same has happened with my own. I was more fascinated by the intensity of the color that was brought forth, as it's rather beautiful, yeah?

$$$

Because money

Because people think they’re “rescuing” them, thus proving to Walmart that they can make a profit

Fish shouldn't be allowed to be bought or sold if neither end of the transaction can handle the many lives.

They don't sell them in Canada anymore

Rip “my favorite fish”

How did he die? Also rip

Same I have 3 at my house and I cry so much about how there treated

Same since I was 16 I had betta fishes, my first baby Elvis lasted almost two years!! I bought two now, a male and female put a divider in the tank and hopefully they last a long time ❤️

SAME!! i almost cried! my zodiac sign is Pisces so im basically half fish, and i own a lot of fish

Oof my local Walmart stopped selling specifically Bettas, but they still abuse and neglect all their fish in the tanks. (Goldfish, guppies, Glofish, etc)

Me too

Jerky YT fr my moms friend got 4 from there and she gave them to my mom for free after having them for 2 years right now it’s been their 5 year living with us, us humans can sometimes be heroes but sadly 1 dies at 4 years

I live near 2 Walmarts both stopped selling fish

Mine no longer sell fish at all

Thank the old dude! He has a heart indeed.

All walmarts are different

Some Walmarts are good at looking after fish while others don't pay much attention. Its also not just fish, its also birds, rodents, lizards, insects and ect. Im trying to expose a pet shop because that pet shop has nothing but dying animals and rotten pet food. Eventhough, I'm from the UK and we don't have any Walmarts but there are still a variety of pet shops all over the uk. Best pet shops we have is Pets At Home.

VORTEX_VOLTAGE - false I see at least one dead first ever time

that is incredible any updates on the man have you seen him?

EmraldRose AJ Pneumonia?

P Hitchcock yeh

EmraldRose AJ I Don’t think they can get Pneumonia. Something about not having lungs maybe.

EmraldRose AJ you mean ammonia

Mr Clean yes haha

and here its forbidden to sell fishs without a tank (i mean they can not sell fishs that stay in a cup like this betta ? )

Ja, ist halt echt so. Hier wird man schon von anderen Aquarianern angefaucht wenn die Wasserwerte nicht zu 100% stimmen. True story. You literally get slapped by other Aquarium-Owners when your Aquarium has not the perfect water values.

Oh yes maybe sometimes in Germany you See a dead Fish that Happens but this what i saw in the Video shoked me

There are no laws protecting fish in America that I'm aware of. It may vary by state, but most places can just display and sell betta fish entirely in those little cups. While they keep other fish in tanks at the store, they send them home with you in a plastic bag.

Miss Ryu I think the only fish they keep in cups are bettas. and that’s because male bettas are aggressive and will fight with each other until one is dead.

I know poor guys :(

They dont have fish anymore

Yes they do

BryceWalkzY7- Gaming Recent Walmart’s I’ve been to don’t have fish anymore.

Thanks God to hear it. they very cruel with fish, should forbidden to sold any pet.

Amy Fernandez one near my house has fish

It made me wanna throw up,cry and go save tons of fish at Walmart

Good

I heard a article where it say they will bring more fish in Walmart store

why? they look great

@@herohour6496 Did you fall asleep during this video?

but where tf did the fishes go lmao

Same now they sell medicine for fish and really cheap fish tanks, they also stoped to sell planted plants

Shut up big boy heaven

expired tea probably set free

Mine got rid of like love fish but still sells supplies

Not all walmarts are the same. My local Walmart is not like that , and they treat the fishes good. There are no dead fishes in the tank , and they eat good. Also they are in good conditions .

I’m just great til my Walmart no longer sells fish, probably because of these reasons right here

Yolo 2006 they do have a life that's why they dont take care of the fish.. 😐😑😶

Queen key Do they have decorations too? Are they fed 2 times a day? Tank temperatures? Heaters? Generators? Lights? Fish don’t fight?

Ack

My state made it illegal for walmart to sell animals because animals are pretty much humans with us even the small fish

I honestly thought that Walmart stopped selling them like 10 years ago because the only Walmart I’ve gone to that sold fish got rid of them a long time ago. I’m really surprised that they still do

I find it a bit strange that my local food-fish market has better conditions for the fish they'll kill for you than Walmart whose intent is to sell you live fish...

You're right. By not buying, it reduces the demand and they will no longer carry the fish. But it is really hard to just walk past them when I have multiple empty tanks that are waiting to be filled. I have everything needed, and the research to use it. Now it's just a moral debate of weather it's better to save the individuals short term or the many fish long term

@Mizzy Jaymes no we have to sacrifice a few to save a lot

@@zarlyngoodwin8530 steal the bettas

@@freshdurt1699 Chaotic Good lol

Zarlyn Goodwin Don’t buy them, steal them.

Your ass would do overtime at Walmart? Niceee

Yeah my ass would too. And his ass, and her ass

@@finnp1676 my ass wants in too

that is a good theory

Ash Ketchum' I think it’s just bad care on the managers part

Ash Ketchum' this needs more likes

That's just evil...

I just think people who actually work at Wal-Mart have a different mind set than people who work in pet stores. You dont go waltzing into Wal-Mart trying to get a job there thinking you'll only work in fish. No, you're there thinking you'll be stocking or running register or any and all the other parts of the job. They just don't get in people who know anything about fish, and if they do, they're lucky. But I could imagine Wal-Mart is hell to work for, and the turnover rate of employees is high, so it's constantly new people. I've never worked there, but I've seen enough employees and read their body language to tell it's just a job for most of em. I work in a pet store and there's just SO MUCH to know and learn about fish that I can't imagine someone who is so knowledgeable about fish would think of going there first to work vs an actual LFS

Brenda Moreno omg yeah it’s so sad

Thanks for making me cry

Aww poor fishy

Bubbles and citrus nearly died but when bubbles first healed she go comfort her friend two days later we saw citrus and bubbles playing and now they're healthy but bubbles lost her tail I guess citrus accidentally ate it but they're still bffs now I see what true bffs are.

I see you everywhere on betta and fish videos XD but yes, this is absolutely disgusting and heartbreaking, especially the pile of fish corpse being left in that tank and those remaining surviving fishes just waiting to die. Even if Walmart didn't care about the fishes, I'd expect at least one of the staffs to at least help the fish or took care of the corpses.

Zeke Strickland That’s Because it’s my hobby. Some people follow gamers and rubbish like that, I follow channels in my interest. The problem is also people buying the fish. Though his guy clearly gave this one a better life (even if he should have set the tank up fist and cycled it) all he’s done is put another tick in the statistics box so places like this will continue selling fish and keeping them in these appalling conditions. Everyone needs to STOP purchasing fish (and other animals) from big chain shops like Petsmart etc so they’ll be forced to stop selling live animals.

Little Red I mean, people regularly pay for the slaughter of cows, pigs, sheep, and even other fish. Comparatively how bad is letting small pretty fish slowly die when those other animals are suffering an equally painful or worse fate yet that’s treated as normal?

One diffrence in my eyes is that there are laws in place to protect livestock. For example pigs should have toys in the enclousure and staff in slaughterhouses aren't allowed to hit the animals or use electricity to get them moving. In my country a slaugterhouses typical lose their contract with chainstores if they break the laws around animal wellfair. Fish typical don't even have laws that try to protect them.

Astronomical Arts Well as an ethical vegan myself I don’t participate in the paying for the slaughter of ANY animal.

Yup

Thay probably know that the fish he bought allowed the Walmart people to buy more fish

Good point

They probably don't like the fact he paid money to the company doing this to fish.

alexa mm. My mom works at Walmart but the Walmart she works at doesn’t have the fish adoption area. Please explain more in detail because it hurt my feelings.

Why is he putting a fresh water fish into saltwater

@@aarongonzalez4458 Salt water? he didn't?

Wild G4MING but he didnt? Are you assuming because there is sand?

@@XWierdThingsHappenX yes doesnt sand make water saltwater cause at the beach there is Sand and my cousin gets sand from the beach and puts it in his tank and then at normal water and it becomes saltwater

@@HippyFishy but sand has salt to make saltwater

I think most pet stores should stop selling bettas in my opinion. They shouldn't be in tiny cups its horrible. Im sure there's breeders.

They really should. Everytime I go to Walmart and see the fish they are in horrible conditions

The two Walmarts in my area stopped selling fish about 14 years ago.

There are petitions for this

In a non-cycled aquarium, yes

I'm from England and every pet store I go to has healthy fish.

Alex Eastham that’s the same in Italy

Alex Eastham pretty much true

I'm from England as well and most pet shops do have healthy fish however the pets at home where i live does not treat their fish well and is much like Wal-Mart

Pets at home does keep Betta's in small tanks but it's still way better than Walmart

Cathy Hendrix pretty much they can aford their employees a liveable wage. They are a multi-billion dollar company. Yet they can't pay the employees $15 an hour? It's bull crap penny pinching mumbo jumbo.

XWierdThingsHappenX why should you get $15 for working at Walmart? My BF made 12 working there and I believe that’s fair. If you want paid more maybe go to college and get a real job.

babygirlluna boy why didn't I think of that? It's almost like college is insanely expensive! Dumbass I am going to college. Why is it such a novel concept to pay employees a liveable wage. Walmart is a real job by the way. What your thinking of is a career. College is expensive going into debt is stupid. Some people can't afford to go to college because of what life delt them. Why shouldn't a multi-billion dollar company pay their employees a liveable wage. Why are you against people earning enough so they can support themselves? I'm lucky enough to still be living at home rent free. If I couldn't do that I couldn't afford college at all. I wouldn't qualify for fasfa either. Because I'm still young enough to have yo put my parents finances on it. And they make too much. They are not paying for my schooling I am. Nearly every thing I make goes into college. So how the hell do expect someone to do that. If they aren't as lucky as I am? Fucking think before you spout bullshit.

same with our walmart

@@babygirlluna1756 there are people who graduate college and still don't make $15 an hour. And don't sit there on your ignorant butt and try to tell teachers and nurses to get a better job. There are teachers working second jobs at Walmart because it pays more. Why should retail workers make $15 an hour? Fifteen should be the minimum, meaning jobs that require college education should pay MORE than fifteen.

Luckily here in America or that I know if it’s only Walmart. A few Walmart’s have stopped selling fish. Actual fish stores keep em healthy.

Same in germany

Yeah same here in phillipines we take care fish profesionally and in pet shop they arent allowed to have fish cuz fish are only sold on profesional people but now its no longer rule like that now everyone can take care of them thats the reason of our populated places to hunt bettas cuz of our caring and hospitality

Same here in Indonesia

In Portugal, only actual pet-shops are allowed to have fish. Stores similar to Walmart may sell fish food, but it's very rare.

Omg i didnt realize Damn those assholes really messed them up didnt they

That almost made me cry coz I have 2 Oscars of my own

Maribel Valtierra 🙌

👍🤝

You’re helping their company don’t buy them

Lizzy Wizzy SNAKE I know, I just felt really bad.

if you’re purchasing them, it’s not saving them. every one you buy, 10 more are suffering in the system

youre a legend (remember not to overfeed though cause then you get a lot of waste)

Yo im from Malaysia too.. And yeah totally agree with you fam

But not to fat

Your English is good!😊

I'm Malaysia too

Melissa Wedin he only made the video to spread awareness

Think abt those poor fishes as well, they need to be saved and Walmart needs to be shut off where I live Walmart stopped selling fishes which should be done everywhere

Melissa Wedin I wish it was that easy but I’m saving two Bettas from Walmart next week. Sorry I know thats true but I’m not going to let them die to teach Walmart a lesson when that will never happen.

Thankfully the walmarts in my area stopped selling fish

I do try and teach them a lesson. Every betta that I have in my house which is now 33 of them. Each one I never paid for. I saved them legit. They where labeled as trash before they where even dead. I said oh this trash then? Employee says yes it is it's dead. I said okay cool, and took the fish. Ppl could just take them off the shelf and walk out. I bet you anything you wouldn't be stopped. I have seen ppl slip a few in a purse and walk out. If we went in as a mass group, in areas all demanding the better treatment of the these beautiful, Majestic fish. If I could post pics of the black orchid twin tail that I got from the walfart in my area. He had such bad fin rot his body was big sore, he has nothing left for fins pretty much. With fresh daily salty water, and so antibiotics, and alot of love and zant has been saved. IDK if his fins will fully grow back. Today I will be moving him and his keeper next to Phil and so he can start getting his find back to normalish. Flaring and such is actually good for them. My guys get to see each other all day, I night I put in my black out dividers. I have split up a 4 10 gallon tanks for most of my males, all my girls live together in a extremely heavily planted 30 gallon that is only filled about a 2/3 full. We as customers really need to group together to get them to stop. There are about 80 of them on the shelf at my shit walfart store. It's so fucking ridiculous. It's so cold in there, they are never fed, and when they are fed ppl over fed alot of them end up with blockages and we all know how that can end. I have seen some fish on shelf as young as 2 months. It's disgusting. I have a few with malformed mouths, they can only eat certain foods and I bet you anything they would have died on a shelf. Things can be done. Ppl as whole just really don't care. If ppl actually cared then alot Walmart's wouldn't be selling fish.

Doing both actually

Skyla Alexis they’re still saving the fish tho

They are saving the fish they buy but yes there will be more fish to save later

The Walmart near me doesn’t sell fish. PetSmart, on the other hand usually has hundreds of bettas and goldfish at once, it’s so sad to see these businesses are overstocking fish just for most of them to die. I’ve seen them keep 20 birds in a tiny cage. PetSmart where I live is much worse than Walmart. I’m definitely not speaking for all petsmarts/Walmarts

Still better than letting it die there

Kamryn K. Walmart doesn’t sell fish

J0S3CAR10S Some do.

calm down