And the Georgia Aquarium Kills Another...

Completely agree!

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Not saying anything that hasn't already been said, but the Ga Aquarium is like a kid keeping too many fish without knowledge of how to care for them properly. Yes, they are actually animals! I'll regretfully never visit until they quit keeping fish that should not be in captivity (i.e. Whale Sharks, of which very little is known). I'd love to see statistics on how many "lessor" other fish have been lost there! I'll bet there've been plenty.
 
Blog battle ongoing... Am I totally off base?

To all those saying that it's better that they be shipped here and put on exhibit rather than being slaughtered for food...

Slow, stressful, agonizing death vs. a quick one. Which would you choose? I don't think either should be allowed, but quit justifying the exhibition of an endangered species by self-important millionaires by saying they're better off here.
Are you outraged more over someone who neglects their dogs, cats, or horses to the point of death or a shelter that euthanizes?
People keep thinking of fish by different rules and in my opinion, they should be considered equally with other animals.
 
Hooked Newbie said:
(i.e. Whale Sharks, of which very little is known)
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Exactly! How is anything ever going to be known without some experimentation, research, and sometimes death...

The fact is that fish die... Everything living eventually will not be, for various reasons. They don't even know why this one died - you do realise that there are diseases that can persist for several months (without any symptoms), then show up one day and take out your fish within a day (I personally expierienced this). Let them atleast do thier necropsy (Do you even do this when your fish die? I doubt it... (I take it people who don't care do this with thier fish) first before you start labeling them murderers... The fact is that nobody knows for sure what, or who killed this whale so, IMO, you are being extremely rude saying that about these people.

As for some things not being meant to be kept in captivity... you would be thinking that about tetras if you were to live far enough back in time...

Personally, I'm only offended that you would say that about these people... I take it you've never had a fish die, right?
 
dorkfish said:
Exactly! How is anything ever going to be known without some experimentation, research, and sometimes death...

The fact is that fish die... Everything living eventually will not be, for various reasons. They don't even know why this one died - you do realise that there are diseases that can persist for several months (without any symptoms), then show up one day and take out your fish within a day (I personally expierienced this). Let them atleast do thier necropsy (Do you even do this when your fish die? I doubt it... (I take it people who don't care do this with thier fish) first before you start labeling them murderers... The fact is that nobody knows for sure what, or who killed this whale so, IMO, you are being extremely rude saying that about these people.

As for some things not being meant to be kept in captivity... you would be thinking that about tetras if you were to live far enough back in time...

Personally, I'm only offended that you would say that about these people... I take it you've never had a fish die, right?
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I hear you, but have you kept up on things?! Before you attack me, please at least have the facts... Yes, they do know why they died. They dosed with a medicine that they had no idea of the effects of in hopes of curing the fish. I guess this would be your definition of experimenting? Hey, why not dye them?! Attendance would rise... I've been following the goings at the Ga Aquarium and obviously you haven't. There are many very responsible public Aquariums out there, but this isn't one. I've done my research have you? At least do that before you blast me, please. Yeah, I've lost fish, but I learned from it and haven't lost any since (thanks in large part to this site). The GA has lost 2 Whale sharks (an endangered species, the largest fish on the planet, and a far cry from the Tetra you cite) and a Beluga Whale within months!

I never used the word murderer and realize that the keepers at the aquarium did everything they could and work very hard to care for the animals in their care. To be honest, I take complete exception and am offended by your post. My point is that some creatures should not be kept in captivity IMO. That goes for land based and swimming.
 
Before this thread goes any further, can we just ensure that this thread does not go down the personal issue with another member route. This is a highly debatable issue at hand here, but, we need to ensure that we talk about this in the correct way and be couteious to all people who leave a response..

Thanks.....now....where's that cold pizza, i want some breakfast...

Niko
 
Ahhh... the Breakfast of Champions! lol
 
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