PETAs New Comic for Kids: Taking Aim at Dads Who Fish
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TigerAro said:HAH, your right about that. But if it weren't for us aquarists, many species of fish would be extinct. Sure, none of us are as perfect as nature, but don't you think they are over reacting just a tidbit?
As much as we like to think we are doing good things for the environment and fish we most certainly are not, or at least the majority aren't. OUr hobby creates a huge demand for fish...most are wild caught and the act of going through and getting them can have disasterious effects. Take saltwater for example, the things they do in the coral reefs to catch fish would blow your mind. Then their are fish farms, massive fish farms that introduce non-native species, creat pollution and use up land and water sourses. Fishkeeping is a very selfesh hobby IMO. Some people do in fact breed endangered species and release them back into the wild...I have never met any. Most of the fish bred in captivity are gentic rednecks...so far removed from the wild and so inbred they are hardly model examples for their species. Some species have almost gone extinct because of aquarists such as the zebra pleco and Asian arowana.
