San Francisco Mulls Goldfish Ban

Animal Control is considering a ban on the sale of several species.http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/San-Francisco-Mulls-Goldfish-Ban-123923649.html

First kittens, then puppies and hamsters and now goldfish?

San Francisco's Animal Control and Welfare Commission is recommending that the City ban the sale of goldfish, tropical fish and guppies in its borders, according to Matier and Ross.

The recommendation to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is part of the commission's ongoing efforts to discourage "impulse buys" of animals.

The commission's ban would cover pet stores and breeders in the City. It comes after more than a year of study and findings that aquarium fish are often mass bred under inhumane conditions or stripped from the wild.

However, the ban is only a recommendation and not likely to be passed by the full board of supervisors to become law.

As Supervisor Sean Elsbernd told the San Francisco Chronicle "this is another Animal Welfare idea that will end up in the dustbin of history and go absolutely nowhere."

Wild goldfish???  Interesting now I'm really scared to go in the water!

LOL

If they are made by Pepperidge Farm, I'm afraid there will be riots, in my house anyway...............! My littlest lives on them. He's a carbo boy for sure.

Yeah I read that. SF is sooo GAY!

Everyone is sooooooo funny........

Keep it up....

Why would someone want to ban Goldfish... aka Carp... species?? 

When carp get into the wild environment they eat much of the important plant growth which other species rely on to shelter their fry as they mature.  There's also a Silver carp which panics and leaps into the air if disturbed by boats... doesn't sound like much, but if you get hit in the chest (or other part of your body) by a 30 lb fish it does tend to get your attention.

Unfortunately many species of carp are decorative pond fish... and if the pond gets flooded in the spring the young carp can be flushed down the stream into other environments.  There's a # of kinds of fish that the DEP is trying to ban, not just carp... Snakeheads is another as they eat other native species to extinction.

O great! now I'm told they not only nibble your toes ( i also have a deathly fear of kelp, could be a shark you know....)but I'm going to get hit in the chest with one!

http://youtu.be/qfG4vsJ5_xI

Check out this Video of the crazy Asian Carp here in the us...

Unfortunately, it is true, when species from other eco systems are introduced by the actions of man, the landscape or waterscape,  is forever changed.