>Snip,snip!
>My solution to this dilemma is to try my best to educate the people who come in
>to the shop about the correct way to deal with fish that they no longer
want --
>that is, to bring them back to the store or euthanize them, but to NEVER
>"set them free." As responsible aquarists, we need to do a much better
>job of educating and "policing" our own. I do not think that we are doing
>all that we could in this respect at the present time. Most of the
>well-intentioned "releases" that happen could be prevented if the folks
>who did them just knew what the environmental consequenses could be. IMHO
>most people do care about the environment and its inhabitants; they are
>just ignorant. This, IMHO, is the thing that we should be working on. The
>other "option" is not very feasible, and besides, I'd have to give up all
>of my 'bows (even the Aussie ones), and that would sorta make my
>participation in this very list unnessary. :-) ;-)
>
>Maybe we can find some middle ground?
Well said Julie! and don't give up your "Bows".
Adrian T.
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Adrian R. Tappin
atappin at ecn.net.au
http://www.ecn.net.au/~atappin/home.htm
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