DH being cruel to small fish

So you are completely comfortable with cruelty to fish then? What about cruelty to reptiles? Animals? Children? Those who have a disregard for the lives of those who lack power or a voice to say how badly they are treated are dangerously ignorant. Many murderers and child abusers started by abusing animals.

you don’t know that the majority of people commenting eat farmed fish, you are sitting in judgment.It’s my choice not to eat animal products, but l don’t force my beliefs on other people.
The thread is about grown men, thinking it’s funny, a game, to pass around a fish, in filthy water, waiting for it to die and that’s why there’s a reaction.

If pay the fine let them think it’s died; and id find an excellent home for the fish or keep it and look after it well. I’d also send an anonymous email to the RSPCA or put an anonymous post if you can do such a thing on the groups Facebook page. I’d probably wait a while so your DH isn’t blamed but that also aggravates me tbh because this should be called out as the vile behaviour it is.

OP, he does not have to pay the fine.

What he should do is tell his sport mates they are the lowest of the low and he will not tolerate anything like this in future.

But will he ?

It sounds like they would just replace the fish and continue the game it needs properly calling out. The game needs to be stopped. Replace it either way a game less cruel to defenceless creatures

Op said the waters dirty... I said clean the water
op said the tank is to small... I said get a bigger one
op was unhappy with her partner/husband being involved in this.. I think it's an over reaction (again not right or something I would do personally) but there's far worse going on in this world.

I don't understand what you find strange about what i said 😅

Your DH and his friends are vile and disgusting. How can you stand being anywhere near him?

Buy a bigger tank and small heater and filter learn about cycling the tank and rescue this little fish. he will live longer and be happier the local fish shop will give you some dirt from their filters to help get the tank started with good bacteria, buy some prime and stability (from amazon) pretty soon you will want a friend for him ...

Yes farmed fish DO suffer and that’s horrific too, but that is unfortunately the nature of “farming” because people want to eat fish and meat and while they do it’s unlikely to change.
this is torture for the sake of a game, not the same thing at all and totally off topic.

The majority of posters are expressing sadness over cruelty to a goldfish yet will eat farmed fish without a second thought. That is a societal double standard. Fewer than 10% Brits are vegan - it's highly unlikely every poster here is vegan.

Pointing out a contradiction that deserves to be acknowledged is not judgement. If you're vegan, then you're not the target of these replies. Interesting that you don't appear to see this contradiction, as a vegan.

Awful! I would get a proper tank and some friends for it and never return to the cruel idiotic team.

I agree, as long as they don’t get a new fish and start the game again which they may well do

I shall post whatever I like

Commercial fishing and cruelty to a tropical fish are two different things. Nobody torments haddock or cod in a tank that's not suitable for them, they're caught and despatched correctly for the food industry. Absolutely no comparison at all.
I suggest you refrain from posting ridiculous comments and go grow up!

Men can be so spineless in their friendship groups. I sometimes think my DH is a bit easily led, but none of his daft buddies would do something as God awful as this.

I like the idea of rehoming, but I like even better the notion of buying a tank and all the other bits and bobs, along with some fish friends for this poor blighter, as well as making your DH pay the bloody fine. The visual reminder might make him speak up next time the ringleader is being a knob.

Totally different, whether you agree with eating fish or not, this is torturing a fish as part of a game.

Absolutely agree, I would be funny with my partner being so cruel to a defenceless animal

I would be equally mad, can you take the fish and just keep him/her?

That’s so out of order, I’d be livid.
wth do they think they’re doing, and where are they getting these fish from, when I got two fish from pets at home they demanded we buy a tank and ensure we had set it up correctly before they’d sell us any fish!
they are basically torturing the fish by not looking after it properly, WTH are they getting out of it

As someone who keeps tropical fish I find this behaviour sick & sadistic to knowingly inflict cruelty for fun.
No way could I be friends with such people & I imagine OP it has you questioning your husbands character.

I WOULD actually leave someone over this.
When I worked for the RSPCA ten years ago, they did manage to prosecute for cruelty to goldfish. There was this disgusting challenge online for swallowing live ones. Also prosecuted for fish that got dumped in containers under a bridge

Thank you-you have done the right thing. And you have more decency in your toenails than your idiot husband and his gormless friends. Just make sure they don't try to repeat this with any other poor creature.

Good news for the fish hut what a massive ick about your dh.

Change it for an actual goldfish and clean the bowl out?

It not double standards at all.How could you possibly know, what people commenting eat.I’m vegan, but l don’t sit in judgment, you should try it sometime.