Letting F&G know isn't the problem. The unfortunate aspect is that a hobbyist made a very poor choice.
Pacu caught by kid in CA- news segment
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Letting F&G know isn't the problem. The unfortunate aspect is that a hobbyist made a very poor choice.
And that’s why letting F&G know is part of the problem, just keep it quiet and we don’t have to worry about a few screw ups ruining things for everyone
It would be better to increase restrictions on hobbyists than to allow a few dullards to destroy a river or lake ecology. In the fullness of time it's unlikely that there will be fewer dullards moving forward and the corollary would be ticketing drunk drivers; I think it's a good idea though I'm sure some disagree.
The problem is once the government gets involved, it’s completely out of our hands and they have a track record of major over reaching. Look what happened to the reptile keeper in Florida
Sorry... I'm 5000 miles from FL and not familiar w/ that one.
I've got to take a different view, Josh. Whomever Mr. Coffee is he appears to have been knowingly dealing in contraband reptiles and they're the same reptiles that have botched up the 'glades. That one out of 30 may have been killed in error is easily an acceptable margin of error in my book; the boys from law enforcement were 97% right and Mr. Coffee appears to have been 100% wrong.
Leaving the ecology of future generations to anyone that might have an opinion is a path I can't take.
Leaving the ecology of future generations to anyone that might have an opinion is a path I can't take.
There’s a lot that I disagree with in this situation, but some things I don’t think are really debatable are the fact that these snakes aren’t illegal in many states and there is more than enough out of state keepers and zoos that would’ve have came and removed the snakes. That and the fact that they made mistakes and killed legal ones too and that they rubbed salt in the wound by making him watch as they killed them.
IMHumO, the solution is neither looking the other way, nor legal restrictions (both are ugly), but raising awareness for each and all fish buyers, like a banner on each store and a post-it on each fish tank in the store "Never, ever release any fish in the wild!" Also maybe place it in school biology class curriculum and run ads online and on TV.
Otherwise it is EITHER the continued slow destruction of ecosystems OR a white list of two dozen legal fish to keep and everything else banned.
Otherwise it is EITHER the continued slow destruction of ecosystems OR a white list of two dozen legal fish to keep and everything else banned.
I think we can agree that keeping this type of thing out of the news is a good thing, the F&G we can agree to disagree
