Re: [RML] hybrids

Piabinha at aol.com
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 19:24:35 EDT

In a message dated 8/14/2000 6:30:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Harro.Hieronimus at t-online.de writes:

> If hybrids would be sold as what they are this should be allowed. Selling
> hybrids with a scientific name is fraud.
>
> The other ornamentals mentioned like parrot fish and others are on another
> sheet of paper. I'm working in some comitees with deal especially with
these
> fish and have contact with the ministery etc. All of these fish have
> strongly deformed bodies. These fish aren't needed in aquarism, and I
> created the name "unwanted ornamentals" for them when I published on them
in
> specialised magazines. Aquarism would not suffer if these fish (as well as
> the tattood ones) would no longer be available.

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