Części serii jak publicznym chłopak rodziny brakiem do streszczenia intrygi introducing disease to the other fish there. However, you can make their lives easier by duplicating their natural environment as closely as possible. While no confined fish can live a natural life, the following tips help make them as happy as possible. Fish need a constant temperature, usually 68 to 74 degrees. A 74-degree temperature is right for most fish, but you should check with a fish supply store for information specific to your fish. automatic aquarium heater monitor the water temperature and turn the heater on or off as needed. Attaching a small thermometer to the tank tell you if the heater is functioning properly. Place the aquarium a spot where temperature and light are constant and controllable. Tropical fish supply stores be able to advise you on the best degree of light for your fish to live Remember that direct sunlight and drafts from nearby doors or windows change the water temperature, and fumes from a nearby kitchen or workshop injure your fish. Few people can resist looking the pet shop window to what cute puppies and kittens might be inside. But a closer look into how pet shops obtain animals reveals a system which the high price paid for that doggie the window pales comparison to the cost paid by the animals themselves. Puppy mill kennels usually consist of small wood and wire-mesh cages, or even empty crates or trailer cabs, all kept outdoors, where female dogs are bred continuously, with no rest between heat cycles. The mothers and their litters often suffer from malnutrition, exposure, and lack of adequate veterinary care. Continuous breeding takes its toll on the females; they are killed at about age six or seven when their bodies give out, and they no longer can produce enough litters. The puppies are taken from their mothers at the age of four to eight weeks and sold to brokers who pack them crates for transport and resale to pet shops. Puppies being shipped from mill to broker to pet shop can cover hundreds of miles by pickup truck, tractor trailer, and or plane, often without adequate food, water, ventilation, or shelter. Between unsanitary conditions at puppy mills and poor treatment transport, only half of the dogs bred at mills survive to make it to market. Those who do survive rarely get the kind of loving human contact necessary to make them suitable companions. By not spending money for proper food, housing, or veterinary care, the breeders, brokers, and pet shops ensure maximum profits. breeding occurs on a smaller scale, but under similar conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 25 percent of the 3 federally licensed breeding kennels have substandard conditions. The USDA is supposed to monitor and inspect the kennels to make sure they are not violating the housing standards of the Animal Welfare Act, but kennel inspections take low priority at the USDA and the kennels are not regularly inspected. Even when violations are found, kennel operators are rarely fined, much less shut down. Persistent offenders often refuse the Animal and Plant Inspection Service personnel access to their facilities to conduct inspections. its 1993 Animal Welfare Report to Congress, APHIS reported that inspectors were denied entry on 2 inspections, yet these kennels remained licensed by APHIS. one case APHIS inspectors left blank inspection forms to be filled out by the dealer himself a self inspection. Puppy mills are rarely monitored by state governments. Due to adverse publicity about puppy mills Kansas, which number about 2, the Kansas legislature enacted a law on July 1, that requires registration and semi-annual inspections of all commercial breeders and kennels to ensure that dogs used for breeding have proper shelter, food, and veterinary care. However, this law, like those of other states, has proved woefully inadequate. Dogs from puppy mills are bred for quantity, not quality, causing unmonitored genetic defects and personality disorders to be passed on from generation to generation. The result is high veterinary bills for the people who buy such dogs, and the possibility that unsociable or maladjusted dogs be disposed of when their owners can't deal with their problems. Most private breeders not sell dogs to pet shops because the care the animals receive is often little better than the conditions puppy mills. Dogs kept small cages without exercise, or human contact develop undesirable behaviors and become destructive or unsociable or bark excessively. Also, unlike humane societies and shelters, most pet shops do not inspect the future homes of the dogs they sell. They also dispose of unsold animals whatever manner they fit, and allegations of cruel killing methods abound. Poor enforcement of humane laws allows badly run pet shops to continue selling sick, unfit animals, although humane societies and police departments sometimes succeed closing down pet shops where severe abuse is uncovered. today's society, where unwanted dogs and cats are killed by the millions every year animal shelters, there is simply no reason for animals to be bred and sold for the pet shop trade. Without pet shops, the