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Saturday, 12. September 2009, 19:19
(Dieser Beitrag wurde zuletzt bearbeitet: Sunday, 13. September 2009, 9:30 von Palinurus.)
Dear Mr. Song
I agree to your opinion, that the trade of pets should be controlled better. And of course you are wright, that the demand in Europe, North-America or Australia is the main reason for catching these animals. But the first step should be done in the countries, the animals come from. But often customers of both sides don´t know these animals, or they don´t know if they are endangered. They are exported under wrong or fantasy names, sometimes with certificates obtained by corruption. Some of these critters aren´t still mentioned in the Washington list. But I think the greater threatening is the destroying of their habitats. Many mangrove belts had been destroyed for the breeding of prawns or shrimps. A increasing global population needs food and land. I understand this. But there is also the consumption of parts of tigers, rhino´s horns, seahorses, antlers of deers e.g. for dubious medical purposes. This forum is one way to inform before keeping delicate inverts and to prevent thoughtless buying of pets. E.g. we warned our members not to buy clams, which outer layer had been ground and coloured, or small shrimps in earrings. Provenience: south east Asia. I admit, we are consumers of inverts, but as it is now with many fishes, other people learned from amateurs like us how to keep and breed it in captivity. And that´s always the coronation of our efforts: if we succeed to breed a pet in captivity. Remember: the first Orang utans didn´t survive long in zoolocical gardens, but now the zoo orangs soon may be the last ones, if the wild ones are extincted in their natural habitats.
That´s my opinion
Wolfgang
I agree to your opinion, that the trade of pets should be controlled better. And of course you are wright, that the demand in Europe, North-America or Australia is the main reason for catching these animals. But the first step should be done in the countries, the animals come from. But often customers of both sides don´t know these animals, or they don´t know if they are endangered. They are exported under wrong or fantasy names, sometimes with certificates obtained by corruption. Some of these critters aren´t still mentioned in the Washington list. But I think the greater threatening is the destroying of their habitats. Many mangrove belts had been destroyed for the breeding of prawns or shrimps. A increasing global population needs food and land. I understand this. But there is also the consumption of parts of tigers, rhino´s horns, seahorses, antlers of deers e.g. for dubious medical purposes. This forum is one way to inform before keeping delicate inverts and to prevent thoughtless buying of pets. E.g. we warned our members not to buy clams, which outer layer had been ground and coloured, or small shrimps in earrings. Provenience: south east Asia. I admit, we are consumers of inverts, but as it is now with many fishes, other people learned from amateurs like us how to keep and breed it in captivity. And that´s always the coronation of our efforts: if we succeed to breed a pet in captivity. Remember: the first Orang utans didn´t survive long in zoolocical gardens, but now the zoo orangs soon may be the last ones, if the wild ones are extincted in their natural habitats.
That´s my opinion
Wolfgang
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