Sharks that should be banned from public sale

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I agree, I like the 6ft or less rule. and even then anything that gets over 3.5ft needs a permit or soem kind of proof of the ability to care for it.
 
The problem is the issue isn't really just about size. It's also about space and what is reasonable for private aquarists to keep for the animal's entire life time. And the answer is different for each private aquarist.

Some aquarists maybe able to afford to have a indoor saltwater lagoon the size of large swimming swimming - so they could keep 4-6' long requiem sharks or even nurse sharks. A private aquarist who's a multimillionaire may want have a shark tank the size of small public aquarium (i.e. 200,000 gallons) - so they could keep even larger species, like Sandbars, or even a lemon. But the vast majority of people who are into sharks - would be best with a small pond - that about the size of large kiddie pool or a small above ground pool (8-12' diameter) and keeping benthic sharks.
 
That person is a FOOL for putting anything that close to a nurse sharks mouth and obviously needs to learn a thing or two about keeping sharks.

Seems ironic someone like that is also trying to "save" them.
 
I saw this thread on Reef Central and instantly thought "I wish Zoodiver was a member here".

I love the part where they rehomed 2 nurse sharks to appropriate homes in 1000 gallon tanks. I guess it is a major step up from the 625 gallon pool they live in at the rescue.
 
you know guys, I dont think we should be cruel to any of God's creation even fish, but I am tired of save the pet campaigns and commercials while children die every day from neglet and worse and I see very few commercials about them. So hate me if you want.
 
Deano1956;4891127; said:
you know guys, I dont think we should be cruel to any of God's creation even fish, but I am tired of save the pet campaigns and commercials while children die every day from neglet and worse and I see very few commercials about them. So hate me if you want.
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I agree Dean. I am sure when their done with nurse's they'll try to take bulls and lemons from guys like me. From the looks of that video their big nurse out grew that tank a long time ago. Honestly they should be looking to re-home these guys now and stop using them as an attraction.
 
They start banning particularly species, and it's a slippery slope. While I'm whole-heartedly in favor of smarter/more ethical LFS business practices, outright banning is a terrible idea.

And if they need a place to house that large nurse, I'm sure turbo or myself or any of the other big tank owners would be amenable to adopting it - but placing it in a 1000 gallon tank is despicable.
 
They start banning particularly species, and it's a slippery slope. While I'm whole-heartedly in favor of smarter/more ethical LFS business practices, outright banning is a terrible idea.
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I agree, Jabba - proper education is far more important and a much better solution - to righting laws to ban a certain species.

That said - I still feel that there are certain animals which shouldn't be allowed in the hands of private individuals, without a special premit. Such animals need to be kept in a Zoo-like or Public Aquarium-like setting.

As for that video, SeaSave - it really doesn't help your case, to have a 6ft Nurse Shark in pool which seem to be only about 8 ft in diameter. A 6 ft Nurse Shark should be in at least 18ft diameter, to be humane. Even larger if you plan to keep it in the pool for the rest of it's natural life. If you truely wish to help educate people on the humane treatment of fish - then you first need to adopt a very ethical approach to what the fish need - and not just base it on what you've read.
 
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