There was a big discussion about this on reef central and there was a story of an American couple releasing several lionfish into the ocean in South Carolina as they had outgrown the tank they were housed in and felt that releasing back into the ocean would do no harm.
Too many people are ill informed or don't do the proper research I see it all the time in other hobbies or industries and while it is prolific in the US we are just as bad up here. BC fish and wildlife salted a lake many years ago up where I grew up as they had found several northern pike in the lake and decided to kill the entire lake rather than let the pike escape the salting worked but it was an extreme measure and kept quiet for obvious reasons. The pike were introduced by a fisherman from Alberta pike are not native to the lakes where I grew up.
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 My aquarium is nothing but a smorgasbord for my cats.....
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