As to Aquabid being shut down; if they allow themselves to be used as an
outlet for trading in protected species, what would they expect? My sympathy
is limited.
--Bruce Stallsmith
along the monsoon-consumed Tennessee
Huntsville, AL, US of A
>Heh,heh.. that's pretty funny.
>
>I suppose that someone should mention what will really be the end result of
>all your concern & do-gooding:
>This guy will get nailed,
>Aquabid will get nailed, possibly to the detriment of.. well, US,
>and finally, the fish will be destroyed.
>
>That's right. This fish for which ya'll care so much will only be killed by
>the goons who "rescue" it from the seller. It happens every single time.
>Ask any herp keeper. The people-in-enforcement are simply not capable or
>interested in sending the fish back home to China or in finding it a nice
>home-in-some zoo or aquarium. It will instead sit around in some primitive
>container for a few days while the wheels of beaurocracy oh-so-slowly turn,
>and then it will die.
>It never fails. Your tax dollars-in-work.
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