RE: "Extinct" pupfish (longish)-even longer

["Tyrone Genade" <Tgenade at sun_ac.za>]

On 3 Dec 2002 at 10:22, Joseph wrote:

> if you will breed the and maybe then release them
> in an other pool they will not cease to exist. there are implications
> to this, what if there are other fish in the other poll not compatible
> with this and this fish will exterminate the other? 

Our local Board of Nature Conservation did this with 
seval species that seemed under threat. They are now 
pests in other rivers.

It doesn't matter what the fish is or how endangerred 
it is. Put it some where else and it will become a 
feral pest that competes with the natives for space and 
resources. 

Then again this is fine if you feel the other species 
are expendable.

If we conserve the native habitat we will preserve the 
ecosystem the fish lives in along with all the species 
that make up that ecosystem.

The Devil's Hole pupfish is a good example of this. 
Water dropping because of farmers? Stop the drop in 
water, habitat safe, fish live happly again (granted 
they have lost a big chunk of their habitat).

Rather tha discuss the ethics perhaps you should be 
bugging the government about what it is doing and 
perhaps volunteer your help, be it financial or time.

Initiating an AKA-government conservation project may 
not be a bad idea. It would certainly boost the AKA's 
PR as well and bring all the best qualified minds 
together to tackle the issue.

tt4nTyrone Genade
tgenade at sun_ac.za
http://www.tyronegenade.0catch.com
cell#: 084-3354-977

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