Proposed USA regulations ending fish keeping

[Rocky998]

I've debated with PETA activists, and they sure do make easy targets when something like this comes along. But I still don't think the US Bill is a PETA driven one.There is a sound ecological argument behind it. It's using a cannon to wound a mouse, and is hopefully going to get dumped. But our hobby has failed dismally in regulating itself, and that makes us as easy a target as PETA is.
Yes, the introductions of invasives issue can be government driven, with Gambusia as the poster child and Tilapia right behind. In the south of the US though, it's Oscars, plecos, Midas Cichlids, etc. It's people who want arapaimas, northern snakeheads, etc. They're the "kick me" sign on the back of the aquarium hobby.

I could have sworn i read somewhere that the bill is from PETA or PETA driven

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

So what happened? Can we still keep fish?

 

[Rocky998]

So what happened? Can we still keep fish?

Idk... Its still in the process of.being accepted. If it is accepted the government will realize in a month or two that they will get a money drop and things wont be normal... Then they'll bring fiah and exotics back... Caise money means more than lives to the government.

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

Even if they make it illegal to have fish, they are gonna have to come and get em from me. It's just like if they make guns illegal to own in the USA - they can have them, when they pry em outta my cold dead hands.

cold dead hands, spot on

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

How are they even going to enforce it? And why can't I keep parakeets? Wth is this crap

 

[Rocky998]

How are they even going to enforce it? And why can't I keep parakeets? Wth is this crap

Well, apparently fish and birds are bad for the enviorment and will give us weird diseases

 

[Oblio]

How are they even going to enforce it? And why can't I keep parakeets? Wth is this crap

Can you keep dead Parrots?

 

[TheTenthDoctor]

This is government overreach at its finest

 

[outofwater]

Then we have these "people", who arguably shouldn't be allowed to have ANY pets, or plants, and God forbid, children.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/WSd9a-kA8Qk/ via BitChute

 

[connorlindeman]

Then we have these "people", who arguably shouldn't be allowed to have ANY pets, or plants, and God forbid, children.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/WSd9a-kA8Qk/ via BitChute

i just watched that vid earlier today!

 

[Rocky998]

Then we have these "people", who arguably shouldn't be allowed to have ANY pets, or plants, and God forbid, children.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/WSd9a-kA8Qk/ via BitChute

LOL, They dont know what a dino is LOOOOOOOOL

 

[Colin_T]

So what happened? Can we still keep fish?

At this stage you can still keep fish and birds in the USA. If the bill gets through all the houses of parliament and everyone accepts it, there will be a huge publicity campaign by the government and whoever proposed the bill, and it will be all over the news. However, if they do pass the bill, they are a bunch of idiots because it will cost them a heap of money, put a huge bunch of people out of work, and piss off millions of people who keep pets. It will also open the door for other pets to be banned, like cats and dogs.

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Well, apparently fish and birds are bad for the environment and will give us weird diseases

People catch more diseases from each other on a daily basis than they catch from fish and birds put together over the course of a year.

People are bad for the environment. They are the ones translocating things and destroying the environment we live in. Not to mention encroaching wild habitats and bringing back new diseases that spread around the globe.

 

[PheonixKingZ]

How are they even going to enforce it? And why can't I keep parakeets? Wth is this crap

I don’t know. They gonna drive out 20 miles in the middle of nowhere to seize my fish? Just try it buddy, my house is on a hill and surrounded by trees. Ain’t no way.

 

[Tacocat]

I don’t know. They gonna drive out 20 miles in the middle of nowhere to seize my fish? Just try it buddy, my house is on a hill and surrounded by trees. Ain’t no way.

Become Napoleon. Embrace the lowlands. Reject the high ground.
(Battle of Austerlitz December 2 1805)

 

[Colin_T]

Become Napoleon. Embrace the lowlands. Reject the high ground.
(Battle of Austerlitz December 2 1805)

The high ground makes it easier to spot the enemy and gives you more range and ability to shoot down. Not that anyone is going to be shooting anyone. At least that is what we say on here. But enemies having to climb hills to get to you, means advantage goes to the person on top of the hill.