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Betta Fish Fights - Betting?

 
 
BillW
 
Reply Wed 15 Dec, 2010 11:28 pm
Are betta fish fights legal? Can the fights be bet on legally and attendance be charged for? What are the moral/ethical issues?
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 05:25 pm
@BillW,
BillW wrote:

Are betta fish fights legal?

Sure. As I understand it, they fight all the time.

BillW wrote:
Can the fights be bet on legally and attendance be charged for?

Probably not. What jurisdiction are you in?

BillW wrote:
What are the moral/ethical issues?

Whether it is ethical to have animals fight for your entertainment/profit. That would be the main one, I think.
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 07:11 pm
@joefromchicago,
But Joe - is there actually a market? It does seem like a real dumb market, I'm just wondering if there is one. No dogs, no chickens - how 'bout fish? Life long fighters, just wondering?
Rockhead
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 07:13 pm
I saw a betta and a cat fight once.

it was not bet worthy...
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 08:18 pm
@Rockhead,
snack time?
Rockhead
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 08:36 pm
@BillW,
we happened to witness it, so no. (it got flicked out onto the table, and was flopping like dinner)

but the fish doesn't feck with the cat any longer when it decides to drink from it's house...
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 08:47 pm
@Rockhead,
Reminds me of my old college days, I ate a betta - ohhh, wait a second; that was a different smelly fish, and it wan't water, a a a a, beer Drunk
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 08:47 pm
I'd rawther watch BillW and BillRM have a food fight.

Would I bet on it? hell yeah
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 08:52 pm
@ehBeth,
Trouble is - I'd run out of ammunition cause I'd eat all of it.
ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:11 pm
@BillW,
you could win with an atomic fart

Rockhead
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:15 pm
@ehBeth,
farts don't phase fish.

just makes funny bubbles...
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BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:23 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16heorrfsgY&feature=player_detailpage
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dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:28 pm
@BillW,
A person who would make bettas fight for their entertainment sucketh mightily and is a moral vacuum.


Did that help?
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:37 pm
@dlowan,
But, fightin' bunnies is another thing all together -

http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/0908/this-is-what-it-looks-like-funny-rabbit-argue-internet-dumb-demotivational-poster-1250976231.jpg

and, the loser gets eaten Twisted Evil
dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:54 pm
@BillW,
Nonsense. The loser doesn't get to mate.

Anyway...they could be just playing.
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 09:58 pm
@dlowan,
OK, I got proof:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:p-9GI7wIFLxIeM:http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa275/LAUNCHPAD9650/Parodies/EasterBunnies.jpg&t=1
dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 10:15 pm
@BillW,
These chocolate bunnies were attacked and eaten by HUMANS, as you very well know.
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 10:46 pm
@dlowan,
What can I do, I've been discovered - hide, hide, hide.........

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:qRfqhkxfKjwk8M:http://aura.gaia.com/photos/35/343936/medium/Chocolate_Face.jpg&t=1
dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 16 Dec, 2010 10:50 pm
@BillW,
BillW wrote:

What can I do, I've been discovered - hide, hide, hide.........

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:qRfqhkxfKjwk8M:http://aura.gaia.com/photos/35/343936/medium/Chocolate_Face.jpg&t=1


Little bastard has his father's eyes.
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joefromchicago
 
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Reply Fri 17 Dec, 2010 09:19 am
@BillW,
BillW wrote:

But Joe - is there actually a market? It does seem like a real dumb market, I'm just wondering if there is one. No dogs, no chickens - how 'bout fish? Life long fighters, just wondering?

That wasn't your question. You asked it it was legal or ethical. You didn't ask if there was a market for it. I know nothing about the market potential for fish fights.
 

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