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| misstwinkle |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 00:34:55
anyone heard bout this? my boss told me about it today saying every 1 fish that servives 20 die. just been reading bout it on a website, apparently it doesnt stress the fish but i asume they have to take the fish out of water which would be stressful?
i personally think its mean, i dunno what people will think of next, maybe they will start piercin cats and dogs |
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| Paulusworm |
Posted - 26/09/2009 : 13:27:34
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr
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Originally posted by Paulusworm
....Selective breeding for a certain characteristic is one thing but this is a step too far.
Agreed,
Selective breeding can bring in lovely results, with tampering with the animals. All the Corn morphs we have today are through selective breeding and so are Toyger cats.
Selective breeding can quite often bring in much better and longer living specimens as well, much better for people than modified creatures.
A few of my fellow students and some of the faculty were talking about this at uni last year. It would be sooooo easy for us to map the genome of a corn, royal, etc and then genetically alter an embryo to display certain traits. Almost like cut and paste on a computer. The sad thing is that there is probably somebody out there working on it right now. |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 26/09/2009 : 01:35:08
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Originally posted by Paulusworm
....Selective breeding for a certain characteristic is one thing but this is a step too far.
Agreed,
Selective breeding can bring in lovely results, with tampering with the animals. All the Corn morphs we have today are through selective breeding and so are Toyger cats.
Selective breeding can quite often bring in much better and longer living specimens as well, much better for people than modified creatures. |
| meggi |
Posted - 25/09/2009 : 20:53:07
i just think its mad and cruel , and i think it should stop.  |
| n/a |
Posted - 25/09/2009 : 19:23:45
Its been happening in the Show Koi world for years. Its big business and Koi fetch big money if they have what is regarded as a perfect pattern for their type! If a fish is close to perfect the temptation is there to tweek it by any means to make it perfect and command a high price. Some fish change hands for multiples of thousands of pounds.....personaly I thinks its daft but like any animal thats "shown" people will cheat to win.............bonkers....... |
| Paulusworm |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 12:09:30
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Originally posted by Kellog
Before I say anything I am not going off on a christian rant - but why does man have to mess with the amazing creatures that God has made (or whoever/whatever you believe created life)! There are so many bizarre and beautiful creatures out there that have evolved naturally (but brain fog is stopping me from naming any - how frustrating), but 'we' have to mess about and make them 'better' or 'brighter'. I know sometimes there are necessary reasons for certain breedings, but something like this tatooing just makes my blood boil! xxx
I quite agree. Selective breeding for a certain characteristic is one thing but this is a step too far. |
| Kellog |
Posted - 23/09/2009 : 04:26:58
Before I say anything I am not going off on a christian rant - but why does man have to mess with the amazing creatures that God has made (or whoever/whatever you believe created life)! There are so many bizarre and beautiful creatures out there that have evolved naturally (but brain fog is stopping me from naming any - how frustrating), but 'we' have to mess about and make them 'better' or 'brighter'. I know sometimes there are necessary reasons for certain breedings, but something like this tatooing just makes my blood boil! xxx |
| meggi |
Posted - 22/09/2009 : 19:26:22
i found these on google , sad lol 
http://yfrog.com/2ha4p8991caup11bccaf7o9twj
http://yfrog.com/0ta8is26kcanrnu9fcaszznr2j
http://yfrog.com/18a68xyvdcad6hmvicay29wiuj
http://yfrog.com/18abu1nkicahxsrh5ca2n54p2ej
http://yfrog.com/43au34rcmcabo4ww1ca54diwyj
oh!! + look at this one i feel sorry for it (even though changing the subject a bit)
http://yfrog.com/2havjz9gjcapgwtmwcahr06snj
Sorry there in links wouldn`t let me put in them in photos. When i was reading about it apperently there are hopefully going to be laws agaisnt tatooing fish |
| misstwinkle |
Posted - 21/09/2009 : 23:41:52
i work next door to a tattooist and when i first heard about it i couldnt help but think about mark tattooin skull and cross bones on a fish lol |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 23:28:16
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Originally posted by misstwinkle
seems to be quite alot about it on the internet, they must have gone to a lot of trouble just to wind me up then
when you said "tattooing" i thought you meant with a normal tatto gun |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 17:31:12
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Originally posted by Paulusworm
My dog wasn't too impressed when we took him for his prince albert  .
Genuine LOL for that.  |
| Paulusworm |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 11:31:15
My dog wasn't too impressed when we took him for his prince albert . |
| Kellog |
Posted - 20/09/2009 : 05:31:38
I still cant believe this is true.... xxx |
| n/a |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 18:05:21
That is so so so wrong |
| HannahB |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 13:40:54
omg thats awful.. i mean i know people tattoo dogs as a form of identity if they go missing (just a few numbrs and a letter on the ear or insife of the leg) but why tattoo fish?? thats just stupid - they arent going to go missing - there are plenty of lovely patterns on fish already so why edit what nature has already made??? |
| devilsmistress |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 13:28:31
It has been hapaning for years, and I think it is sick. Makes me wonder if it kills so many fish why have no animal authoritys steped in to stop it?? |
| Remmy |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 11:13:02
The world has gone mad, that is sick. |
| Brookestar |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 10:58:15
yeah i worked at a pet shop that refused to deal with these fish. its the same with the tropical fish that got died to have some bold colours in them, its exactly the same but more humane ... APPARENTLY!
i just think its sick! |
| n/a |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 09:10:09
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/item.php?news=850
HOW SICK |
| Kellog |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 04:23:36
Cant believe it is true...if it is then it is sick! xxxx |
| misstwinkle |
Posted - 19/09/2009 : 00:53:07
seems to be quite alot about it on the internet, they must have gone to a lot of trouble just to wind me up then |
