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Stop  the selling  of Pacu\'s

Stop the selling of Pacu\'s

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 10 months ago
If you have been into the store, you have noticed our house pets Lola, Grover, Paco, and Ernie the Pacu\'s. Lola which has just turn 28 years old! We need your help in stopping the sell of Pacu\'s (Pachu [pa\'ku]) in other stores. These fish get way too large for any normal aquarist (fish lover) to keep in a normal tank. If you\'ve noticed, when you go into the chain stores the will not state how big they actually get. (Which for anyone\'s general information they get over 5 feet!) Take Wal-Mart for say, on their fish ID card (which we borrowed one) it says they get only 10\". Maybe 10\" around the fish! This is where we are having the problem, and we need your help to inform the farms that yes it makes you money, but where is it getting let go. In the past week we have had 6 different people from different areas come in and inform us that there are lakes around their house that have these fish in them. These fish are NOT native to Florida, and releasing them can get you into ALOT of trouble not only jail time but fees and headaches to go with. This is why we need your help to stop the farms from selling this \'Monster Fish\'. The more signatures we get the more they will listen.

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September 18, 2007

Seeing this kind of movement is exhausting but it keeps me grounded in why I started this. The feedback from people finding these fish in local lakes confirms exactly what we suspected. I am drained by the scale of this problem but I am not walking away from it.

Reached 100 supporters

September 18, 2007

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David Fisher
18 years ago Featured

saw one of these in a small bowl at a garage sale once. breaks my heart. keep them off the shelves if stores wont be honest about the size.

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Sarah Simmons
18 years ago Featured

ITS SO CRUEL. Poor things end up in local ponds because people cant handle them anymore. big chain stores need to be held accountable for the false info.

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Jason Mathis
18 years ago Featured

worked at a pet store once, we hated selling them. managers only cared about the profit margin but it was a nightmare for the fish and the owners.

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Linda Atkinson
18 years ago Featured

Five feet!! That is insane. Nobody has a tank that massive and it is just setting people up for failure and the fish for a miserable life.

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Tanya Wong
18 years ago Featured

Thank you for the awareness! Most people just see the price tag and never look up the actual care requirements. It needs to stop.

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Mike Wade
18 years ago Featured

people have no idea what they are buying. they see a cute little fish and dont realize it will outgrow a 200 gallon tank in a year. stop selling these to unsuspecting kids!

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