Ah Beverly, the whole point of this thread was the issue of a LFS having WC horses for sale. I am trying to play devil's advocate with this. I have suggested that if the collection is "sustainable" what is the problem. People seem to light their hair on fire (no I'm not suggesting you are) with issues such as these. This issue seems to revolve back to an unsuitable species list (USL).
After a late night discussion (and many beverages) with two of the owners of the larger wholesale companies on the US, they started to change my mind on this subject. If collection is done, for any species of fish or invert, in a sustainable method (stress the sustainable) does it matter if those species die in a short time in an aquarium? After all, with sustainable collection, the wild populations would support this collection. Don't forget a great majority of all collected fish die even before they reach your home.
Now again, the point I was making...why condemn a store for having an item, nevermind care requirements, without knowing how it was collected?
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02-08-2004, 04:07 AM
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