ATROCITY against FISHES: Walmart Stores GFS members from across the US have told horror stories about the terrible treatment fish receive at Walmart. Fish are forced to live in filthy water, dead fish and diseased fish abound in the tanks, andOften, fish are kept with other incompatible species, and goldfish are indiscriminantly mixed with tropicals. Rochester, New York Walmart's pet department is dark, ill-lit, andTo obtain help, one must seek an employee out. the fish literally die before my eyes, suffering in these terribleNo animal should ever be treated this way, allowed to suffer endlessly until its inevitable death. According to Mr. Greg Bickal, Chapter Head of the Iowa "I would like to complain about Walmart. I recently bought 2 red-capped orandas and a calicoOr should I call it RESCUED. If I would have left them they surely would have died within a week." D. Catham, head of our Texas chapter has this to say: "Another very bad fish abuser and seller, at least in this

In this area, Walmart is far worse [than Petsmart], ifI frequent the fish department every time I go to that find absolute carnage, and then I find someone in the department, and COMPLAIN LOUD AND LONG! Walmart SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LIVE FISH If their conscience is not bothered by the gross cruelty of keeping enough to kill them there or send them home with a poor, unaware to die and/or spread disease to that customer's home tanks(not one Walmart, the nationwide discount department store, is known mistreat their fish, an active party to their suffering. simply NOT BE SELLING LIVE FISH. * * * * * Letter Writing Campaign: Walmart Stores Goldfish Sanctuary Members, we need your support! pledged to make the world a better place for goldfish, and YOU can do right now by joining our Walmart letter-writing campaign. convince Walmart to1) clean up their act or2) stop selling live We need your help! Walmart will not change their ways unless someone

acts, and members, that means us! Here's what to do: 1: If you have a Walmart near to you, or even several make a point to visit them as soon as possible. fish are kept at your store first hand. Find out who is in charge of fish department and ask some basic questions, like: what can you tellI have a fishbowl at home. you think I can keep in it? I think I have some tropical fish food home - I think I'll just feed them that. How do I care for goldfish? You, the knowledgable hobbyist, will spot a fraud But try to be polite... after all, the person watching the fish might have been given the responsibility by management, not by fact, you may even consider asking how the attendant came to work inOr hired specifically for Does he keep fish at home? If your local Walmart is acceptable in its care of fish, write to complain about the following location instead (more will follow in future newsletters) : 2: When you have gathered as much information as possible

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that you do not intend to patronize them unless they clean up their Explain that you will be encouraging every fish owner you meet to their fish department as well. If you know of a good fish store in area, explain that you intend to buy from them instead. drive the point home. Tell them that they should discontinue their sale of live that they should act to correct the problems with their fishfish tanks for sale kings lynn You may even offer advise on how they can do this. fish tank for sale sligoOr refer them to homepage as a good place to begin for learning the proper care ofThe following books are also worth suggesting: "Goldfish: Complete Pet Owner's Manual" (by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.) Owner's Guide to The Goldfish" (by Carlo DeVito & Gregory Skomal).

may have your own suggested reading. Finally, explain that you want them to tell you what they to do about the suffering of fish at their stores. a response to your letter. Thank Mr. Glass for his time, and end your letter. 3: Tips for editing: When your letter is done, you will want make sure that your spelling and grammar are correct. leave your letter to sit for one day, review it, and see if you wantFriends can offer good suggestions, too. 4: When your letter has been completed, send it to the wnRenderDate('Monday, April 7, 2014 10:09 PM EDT', '', false); wnRenderDate('Wednesday, May 7, 2014 10:09 PM EDT', '', false); A mother raised some concerns after a recent trip to an Olathe Walmart showed tanks full of dead fish. Angela Roberts said she always comes to the Walmart off of Kansas Route 7 and Santa Fe Street so her little boy can look at the fish. But what she saw Sunday night has her concerned for the fish and for other parents and kids who may see what they saw.

"We went last night, D.J. and I went together," she said. The mother said her husband was bowling so she and 2-year-old D.J. went to Walmart to look at the fish. "[The fish were] floating in the water and stuck in the filters in all the different tanks. He [my son] just kept asking, ‘Fish? "I tried to just avoid the question, what was going and I pulled him away, we got out of there." She was shocked with the tanks littered with tons of floating fish carcasses. Roberts went back after her husband was done bowling to get pictures and report all the dead fish to a manager. "[I asked], ‘What is this? What is going on here?' And he was like, ‘I don't know and you're going to have to delete those pictures or you're going to have to leave,'" she said. "It was gross, it was nasty." A manager for the Walmart said they had a problem with one of their tanks and it's been fixed, but Roberts said she noticed the issue in many of the tanks and she believes the store has about 18.