A Response to: Fixing Nemo

The article I read, Fixing Nemo, talks about the growing number of veternarians beginning to practice fish medicine. Medicare for animals has come a long way over the years, from back when people just used to shoot their dogs out back, to today, where people will pay thousands of dollars to get there gerbal chemotherapy. Animal medicine has become very accepted but for some reason people still find it strange if a person were to take their fish to the vet. Reading against the grain could be very easy in this article, because one could just simply say "Flush the sucker down the toilet and forget about it, fish aren't dogs", but I don't agree with that. Many people are attached to their pets and if they are willing to dish out the money, than good for them. I don't think there is anything wrong with that. What people also don't realize, like mentioned int he article, certain fish can cost up to $50,000 each, that is a lot of money to flush down the toilet.