Re: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

Stan Perkins (stanperkins_at_academicplanet.com)
Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:41:53 -0600

The sad side to this can be seen with killifish. Some species of killies are
not found in the wild anymore - just in tanks carefully bred and preserved
ready to be reintroduced, if - and that is a big if - the habitat is
restored. Since most of it is under concrete, I don't forsee this happening.

Stan Perkins
----- Original Message -----
From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Collecting ethics

> I know this is going to make me even more unpopular that ever but I really
> think we are arguing a point that if it hasn't become completely moot it
> certainly is rapidly becoming exactly that. While I don't collect things
that are
> endangered it's mostly a personal feeling that it's wrong not because I
think the
> species will survive better if I leave it alone. What we see all around us
is
> an almost totally collapsed ecosystem compared to what it was 1000 years
ago
> what we think of as pristine is a joke. Even 100 years ago we would be
amazed
> at the real difference between then and now. While I don't advocate
totally
> undisciplined collecting of animals if we think that weather or not
catching a
> hellbender to keep on display or for any other purpose does anything but
delay
> the inevitable we need to think again. I really don't expect my grandkids
to
> see a live hellbender, sturgeon or for that matter elephant or tiger. It's
too
> late all we can do is slow the process down a tiny bit but never think it
can
> be stopped. Now I'll go back to drinking and stay out of it.
>
> Moon
> "Who died and left you in charge?"
> "Captain Bipto!"

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