This is sad...

[Jojo1628]

I hope we still have Nemos 5 years from now...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372242,00.html

 

[RyanG]

Well we can do our part by buying captive bred clowns.

 

[dustin_P74]

part of it is also that parents buy their kids clownfish because the like finding nemo but they do no research and dont know how to care for them and they die so they go out and replace them and then so on and so on

 

[cthegame]

Don't even get me started on this because it just makes me so angry.

 

[daugherty]

i have seen people that wanted to buy them and put them in with their freshwater fish:frustrat::chair:

 

[Piggy]

They'll be on the endangered list before to long.

 

[reeffreak]

This is kind of surprising since tank breds are readily available.We should all do our parts and ask specifically for tank bred clowns.No clowns should be taken from the ocean,I believe all the clown species have been tank bred now.

 

[cthegame]

Two questions regarding this.

Do LFS's even sell wild clowns? If the do, should I not buy it and let some finding nemo moron buy it instead or buy it?

 

[daugherty]

my lfs sells only tank breed clowns and as many other fish that are also tank bred. if you buy wild it just sustains the market for them.

 

[RyanG]

This just proves again that Walt Disney is an evil evil man.

 

[Piggy]

Blame the parents. All they have to do is say NO.

 

[dustin_P74]

i dont think you can blame disney ryan, i mean i dont think it was their intention to make clownfish endangered

 

[cgoodman381]

yea... Walt Disney came from beyond the grave and inspiried Finding Nemo. :p

 

[kevinsimons]

Disney ? Evil? Different board, perhaps. HOWEVER - Disney/Pixar & Steve Jobs KNOW what happens when they produce these films (talk to any animal shelter about what happened when they released 101 Dalmations -a difficult dog to keep - and thousands ended up in shelters when parents who caved into the demands of their children got a dalmation puppy w/o researching the breed)... Disney/Pixar should do their part to education their audience - and once again - Society should SERIOUSLY consider requiring licenses to people who want to raise kids... you gotta have a license to own a dog, but anybody can breed....

 

[cthegame]

Disney cant be blamed. The general public is to blame for being morons.

 

[dustin_P74]

you have to have a license to own a dog?

 

[daugherty]

yep you have to have a license only if you live in the city limits. and making people need a license is socialistic crap.

 

[kevinsimons]

Back onto topic; I just ordered a bonded pair of clowns from these folks; when you see the pic on this link, it makes a very compelling argument for NEVER buying wild-caught clownfish....EVER.
http://www.sustainableaquatics.com/ix_index.php?pageId=9&osCsid=55e41a0b4b5339b07295691754d56a70

 

[Bifferwine]

Awww that is so cute!!!

I have a hunch that pretty soon those guys are going to be making big bucks by focusing on re-introduction of their captive bred clowns back into the wild.

 

[RyanG]

Oh geez my little disney comment was just a funny.