| Topic: | Re:Gold fish in Chiswick house grounds | |
| Posted by: | Michael Adams | |
| Date/Time: | 13/07/21 10:33:00 |
| Helen Bamberger explained: " I don't know if this is new or not but walking past the lake in Chiswick house grounds I saw three very large goldfish swimming around" From yesterday (Monday's) "Guardian" " Authorities in Minnesota have appealed to aquarium owners to stop releasing pet fish into waterways, after several huge goldfish were pulled from a local lake." "In 2013, Scientific American reported that researchers trawling Lake Tahoe netted a goldfish that was nearly 1.5ft long and weighed 4.2lb." Wildlife officials in Virginia warned recently that “pet owners should never release their aquatic organisms into the wild” after an angler caught a 16in goldfish." "The costs of rehabilitating waterways infested with goldfish is substantial." https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/12/goldfish-dumped-minnesota-lakes-threatening-ecosystems michael adams |