I would like however, to see pics of know hybreds if anyone has
some..I have seen the "red bosemani" but I am curious to see the
G. incisus/M. praecox cross photo if anyone has one..or has come
across one on the web...
Surely they cant be nicer than pure strains...
> Just my opinion, but I think that you may be missing the point here...
>
> Goldfish, regardless of breed, are all of the one species. Common
> domestic Cats, regardless of breed, are all of the one species. Dogs,
> regardless of breed, are all of the one species (barring those wolf
> hybrids, but I may be wrong there). It is not about "normality" or
> other moral issues, such as whether it is right to breed something
> that can't breath properly or has to eat through a straw.
>
> Harro's point is about out-and-out fraud: people selling fish as a
> given species when they are not that species.
>
> Here in Australia they might be in breach of our devalued consumer
> protection laws, I really couldn't say, a couple of units of law at
> Uni do not a lawyer make :) But I think that the basic principle
> might still apply - if I advertise a good or service, then I should be
> supplying that good or service. Not something that might have looked
> like its grandmother.
>
> Commercial hybridisers who misrepresent or manufacture species do the
> hobby a dis-service - they devalue the ordinary rainbowfish that we
> seek to promote.
>
> Cheers, Andrew
>
> Piabinha at aol.com wrote:
>
> > harro, what about goldfish? what about all those deformed dog and
> > cat breeds? you can't tell me dogs with legs shorter than normal
> > (dachsunds) or skinny bodies (russian hounds) are normal too...
> >
> > tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA
>
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