Rhonda
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Ty_Hall_at_eFunds.Com wrote: > > Wow! Talk about your coincidences. Some guy on one of the aquarium related > Usenet groups was looking for a way to dispose of a tropical fish he bought > that had out grown it's current home. (ooohh look at the cute little > Pacu's, won't they be darling in our aquarium at home) He mentions letting > it loose in a local pond (he did not say he was going to, just mentioned it > like it was an option he chose not to pursue). I post a note advising to > never release tropicals into local waters and get this I GET FLAMED for > it!! One or two people supported me the rest cussed me out for not being > helpful to this poor moron's plight. I couldn't beleive it. I tried to be > polite in my initial response and even apologized, ahead of time, for > getting on a soap box, but still the wierdos came out of the wood work. > > If you get any of these articles, please pass them on to me as I would like > to post them to the Usenet groups. These people really have no idea what > kind of damage a non-native species can do. > > Ty >
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