Busted !

[boozeman]

:hammerhea

Rare coral reefs plundered for fish tanks - Times Online

 

[blue_eyes53813]

Very Sad!!!

 

[Whiskey]

Oops.

Whiskey

 

[lcstorc]

How horrible.

 

[BEELZEBOB]

ah man. thats not cool at all.

i could give some zoos back to indonesia.

 

[olivert00]

I am a Limey so I say...

Darn those British!

Your right-very sad.
Debbie

 

[prow]

dude, some people. i was happy to read this quote;

“People who keep corals are very serious hobbyists and most are entirely above board,” she said. “But some don’t really care where the corals have come from as long as they look good in their aquarium — for them it is just about collecting the latest cool animal in the latest cool colour.”

at least they are not blaming us real hobbiest

 

[framerguy]

dude, some people. i was happy to read this quote;
at least they are not blaming us real hobbiest

I agree with you. The whole scandal is a black eye for the hobby in general. I'm glad that quote about most of us not being so bad was in the article too. We've got enough to deal with from uninformed "tree huggers" as it is.

 

[Tru2nr]

thats horrible but im glad they did say that us hobbyiests are not the blame

 

[xelnaga15]

You know Im allways worried that the coral I get will come from something opperation like this.

 

[boozeman]

..... from uninformed "tree huggers" as it is.

wouldnt that be a 'coral hugger''?

 

[framerguy]

wouldnt that be a 'coral hugger''?

I knew someone would catch that!!

 

[Frankie]

What is really sad is the London Zoo most likely is not set up to care for these newly received corals and there going to all die now. The best thing they could have done was give them to local reef clubs to be distributed out~

 

[DaveK]

Keep in mind that all the article really tells you is that customs intercepted a shipment of corals because they believe it contained endangered species and/or corals taken from protected areas.

If this is true, it is ashame, and gives out hobby a black eye.

By the same token, customs may be wrong. Many corals look alike, and identification can be difficult. The shipper and wholesaler deserve their day in court.

I seem to recall cases of US customs stopping clams from entering the USA, even though they were captive raised, and not endangered. Like corals, clams can be very difficult to identify if you don't know what to look for.

 

[BEELZEBOB]

next weeks article,

how to destroy 1 mil worth of aussie acans, in 1 day

 

[tbittner]

What is really sad is the London Zoo most likely is not set up to care for these newly received corals and there going to all die now. The best thing they could have done was give them to local reef clubs to be distributed out~

They should have flown them on to Germany to Heinz. If anyone could keep these corals alive, growing, and reproducing, it would be him.

 

[BigAl07]

The London Zoo does specialize in some very exotic and near extinct animals as well as a fairly extensive coral program. I would like to "think" all that was taken into careful consideration.

Now I have to say.. if ANYONE can keep them alive Heinz can... GREAT response Terry

 

[Frankie]

Aquarium video - aquarium - Exhibits - ZSL London Zoo - ZSL
Here's a link to who is caring for these acquired corals.

 

[tbittner]

Great video, Frankie. Thanks!

I wonder what their success rate is? What techniques they use, etc.

I wonder if we invited them to join us here at RS if they would stop in occasionally.

 

[cracker]

That's too cool. I wasn't able to watch the video but I was worried the corals had perished do to all the red tape.