> ended up taking it home cause no one else wanted it! This goby then
> proceeded to live for 4 weeks in a sealed platic fish bag with the bag
> being
> shaken a few times a week to try and kill the fish. After 4 weeks the fish
> started to get a little fungus so Ken took it out and now it resided in a
> bucket until the next meeting where it will be raffled off!>>
I suspect that there was a little bit of liberal exageration here......
> Some gobies are tough as David has described - however even if it is an
> intruduced species I see no reason to treat it with neglect and cruelty.
Tend to agree with you here.
> Perhaps other list members may wish to have some dialogue on acceptable
> euthanasia practices ( for fish that is) and how we can avoid giving others
> the impression of cruelty being practised.
Placing the fish on the ground and rapidly and firmly placing your foot
on its head must be about the quickest way I could imagine death to be.
It works for me on fish up to 6lbs or so! Just make sure you have sturdy
boots on or you may injure yourself. :-)
> Perhaps we may even avoid the wrath of the animal liberationists.
Just got the following in my Oz mail that I recieve over the net.
Cruelty to crustaceans and fish
Aug 9 [ABC radio]. The RSPCA has described as barbaric the practice
of eating alive lobsters, crabs and fish in some restaurants.
In New South Wales, the Society is calling for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act broadened to allow for the prosecution of chefs
and fishermen over the maltreatment of lobsters or fish.
The Society's Charles Wright says live fish and crustaceans need to be
placed in an ice slurry for at least 20 minutes before they're
processed.
Mr Wright says the Society gets an average of 12 complaints a week
from diners in Sydney.
> Perhaps even better we may be able to suggest that some of the feral
> populations of translocated fish are due to being "freed" by misguided but
> well-meaning members of the above disciples :-)
Undoubtably many are. You would think the aquarium industry would see
this threat and come up with their own code of practices? But no, of
course not, that won't happen unless the govt legislates it. :-) Some
aspects are improving though as I seem to remember a bunch of brochures
floating around shops etc regardin don't release that fish. But again,
it was from the govts inititive I believe.
Toot
Peter Unmack