Basically just a general question to get everyones thoughts. I live on an extremely large freshwater pond in the northeastern United States. View from my Window. Now there are plenty of larger trout and other similar fish I obviously know I can't keep in any of my small aquariums. But I am curious as to what you all think of the ethics involved in taking a fish from a natural environment like this to put in a tank, as opposed to specially bred fish. I am aware that some tropical fish are also caught in the wild and sold in stores. As an added bonus, we have a large population of turtles, which I est to be about 150 total. These seem to be mostly of the red ear slider variety, although I have seen some exceptionaly large turtles sunning themselves on rocky alcoves, approximately the size of a pizza pan. In my state taking these turtles out of the water to keep as pets is illegal, but I know of a few people in the past who have done this. Horrible or not?
Thanks as always.
Thanks as always.