Nemo Scheme Page A10 of Vancouver Sun

[Petcrazy]

I saw it in the National Post, funny how I just grabbed the article and walked into my room with it, checked the forum and voila.

It all started with one Prof trying to breed clownfish and hoping to get funding for his breeding project to help deter 'wild caught' practices.
Since he couldnt get the funding, it all crashed. Leaving 250 Ocellaris clowns without a home, sitting in lab tanks only to await euthanasia.

Some of the students (one in particular) decided to sell these clownfish to the public to make up for some of the profs losses and get these clownfish good homes(apparently).
Now where the educated eye sees a problem is the KITS these guys were selling these fish with were.

2-Occellaris Clowns
1-small FISH BOWL
- Some coral and sand
- caretaking instructions
For 50 bucks.
Does anyone else notice the issue here?

So as anyone else would expect, mothers, fathers and their young children came rushing in. Since they put up a "Save a Nemo" website and posters all over the place. He sold them to anyone who came of course...

The administration put an end to this since they didnt want to face legal liabilities after the fish were sold.
DUH

The remaining fish did find good homes apparently in a research facility in a simulated sea tank deal.

Which is better than a fish bowl...or direct Euthanasia. I hope....

I'm still shocked a student who should have known better would have encouraged the sale of these fish in bowls...but I won't get into that.