fish story

[gaya]

http/www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15535...?name=otherside

hope this is not a double thread. i though it was funny, weird even?

 

[bluefire]

its pretty sad that innocent fish were killed at the end tho

 

[dulcie]

oh my god, just had to re-read to see that they killed them... why not just send them back ?? quarantine i suppose !

 

[gaya]

oh i didn't notice that they killed them till i reread either

 

[Ben]

damn Australia and their import laws

i bet they were some pretty rare ones

DD

 

[Undawada]

It's too bad the fish had to be put down.

Silly woman, what was she thinking?

 

[Ben]

she was thinking how stupid the Aus laws are and that she could make 1000s with the fish she bought in

DD

 

[Mr Miagi]

Its a real embarasement to be an aussie in this thread.....
What an idiot...

Disclaimer: In no way shap or form does that womans mental capacity represent other australians.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

what i think really sucks is that they probably put down her fish at home too. i'd go ballistic if officials killed my babies, just because some jack### thought they might be "rare, illegal imports". screw that. see? i'm getting worked up just thinking about it.

i'm so american. i'd sue their butts off if they touched a single legal fish in my home aquarium.

Its a real embarasement to be an aussie in this thread.....
What an idiot...

no, no. it was quite clever except for the plecos (they like to randomly thrash around too much)

 

[gaya]

In no way shap or form does that womans mental capacity represent other australians.

ofcourse not miagi, don't be silly

 

[OohFeeshy]

Why the heck did they kill them for? That was not nessecary at all. They owluld only cause a problem IF THEY WERE RELEASED. I'm sure they could have found some permanent homes for them, especially with a story like that behind them.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

Why the heck did they kill them for? That was not nessecary at all. They owluld only cause a problem IF THEY WERE RELEASED. I'm sure they could have found some permanent homes for them, especially with a story like that behind them.

'cause they were illegal. government can't go around selling illegal fish.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I didn't mean selling them, but I'm sure a reasonable home could be found for them, even in a zoo. They might have been smuggled in, but it was hardly their fault.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

*shrug* warning shot across the port bow? plus, you never want to introduce fish that you don't know where they came from.

 

[catyrpelius]

This kinda stuff happens all the time in the united states but they handel it differently, they seive the animals and then relocate them to zoos and such. Thats how i got my chinchilla and the electric catfish i didnt want that i got rid of. If something like that happened in the states(goverment killing any living thing) Peta or the ALF would be all over them in a harte beet