Hybridization

[HUKIT]

I agree it is a matter of personal choice, and have kept many, and produced 1 hybrid intentionally, the offspring of which were sold with full disclosure. Responsibility & honesty is where the issues arise, hence my previous comment about humans.

The problem is just because you’re ethical doesn’t mean the buyer, his friends, and family are.

 

[danotaylor]

The problem is just because you’re ethical doesn’t mean the buyer, his friends, and family are.

Agreed. Sad isn’t it

 

[Cal Amari]

This topic has been hammered and hammered since this site was launched. It's simply a matter of ideology vs practice. I keep fish to bring a part of nature into my house and life and share it with my kids and teach them about fish and wildlife and hope they have the same interest/ love for nature that I do. Watching my tank, maintaining my tank, discussing it with my kids and guests, etc. brings me joy, reduces my stress, and adds a bit of fun to my life. Now in my stubborn closed off inner self I think it would be ideal if only fish that are found in nature were kept as pets, IMO man can't improve on thousands or millions of years of evolution. But we all have our preferences and opinions, and our own line in the sand and when I'm with my kids at the fish store and they want a gold severum for the tank, well it may not be true to the ideal, but it serves all the intentions I had of keeping fish. So my line moved a little and we have a couple gold severums. There's another whole argument of whether or not they're man made, because the variant genes are natural, they just don't survive long enough in line breed in nature.

The point is, asking if it's ethical or not devolves into a philosophy discussion where no one wins. Ethics are a man made construct and whatever is ethical is decided by each individual and whatever they can sleep with at night.

 

[justintheodd]

This topic has been hammered and hammered since this site was launched. It's simply a matter of ideology vs practice. I keep fish to bring a part of nature into my house and life and share it with my kids and teach them about fish and wildlife and hope they have the same interest/ love for nature that I do. Watching my tank, maintaining my tank, discussing it with my kids and guests, etc. brings me joy, reduces my stress, and adds a bit of fun to my life. Now in my stubborn closed off inner self I think it would be ideal if only fish that are found in nature were kept as pets, IMO man can't improve on thousands or millions of years of evolution. But we all have our preferences and opinions, and our own line in the sand and when I'm with my kids at the fish store and they want a gold severum for the tank, well it may not be true to the ideal, but it serves all the intentions I had of keeping fish. So my line moved a little and we have a couple gold severums. There's another whole argument of whether or not they're man made, because the variant genes are natural, they just don't survive long enough in line breed in nature.

The point is, asking if it's ethical or not devolves into a philosophy discussion where no one wins. Ethics are a man made construct and whatever is ethical is decided by each individual and whatever they can sleep with at night.

I agree with this, but I was just curious as to where everybody's "line in the sand" is drawn. not looking for debate or even philosophical discussions, just opinions!