"CanadianCowboyİ" wrote in message
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Gill you are 100 % correct and here in Ontario, Canada there are strict
laws on transporting fish from one lake to another.
This also applies here to natural waterways and lakes. I don't know about
man-made lakes and ponds since so many people now have back-yard ponds.
Many farms here have stock ponds. It would be impossible to keep water
birds and other wildlife from spreading koi and goldfish to natural
waterways. See my post above - we believe water birds are bringing in the
sunfish to my neighbor's stock pond on the adjoining property. They pick up
the eggs on their feet and feathers as they wade and swim around a nearby
man-made lake. They can just as well pick up koi and goldfish eggs and
carry them back to nature.
Even some of the water plants can get into the lakes and cause severe
damage.
Fortunately that hasn't happened yet to the man-made lake near us.
YES putting them into your garden as fertilizer sounds cruel but alot more
beneficial to everybody.
If they're humanely euthanized first.
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Aquariums since 1952
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