I have a follower on tiktok who keeps her fish like this. I’ve tried to tell her multiple times that this is straight up abuse, along with so many others but she insists that it’s not because she’s “recycling” and that a heater and filter will kill them. And that picture isn’t even half of her fish. She has 16 betta fish now, and 2 baby turtles living in a box. I’ve tried to convince her to rehome them as well but she’s fully against that.
At first I was going to try and help her with getting the proper supplies for them but she keeps buying more and ignoring my advice so I am to the point where I want to take bigger action.
I’m thinking about contacting animal control or the non-emergency number for her area to report her for fish abuse but i’m not sure if that’s going too far or maybe just a bad idea. I’ve looked it up and where she lives, it is possible I can report her for this.
Does anyone think I shouldn’t? Or is it possibly a good idea to get them out of her care?
Posted by liz_aquatics
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I would report her. Animal abuse is never okay. You tried being nice and informing her about what she is doing wrong, and she is ignoring that. So definitely report her