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13/02/2005: "Tropical Fish (in close-up 'in the wild')"
The almost-now-ancient term in the wild means of course, not in captivity. Too many creatures are in captivity just as too many are being tagged for seemingly valid research purposes.
The collecting of tropical marine fish for home aquariums has had serious visual consequences on coral reefs in northern Australia - and elsewhere. If fish can't be bred in aquariums, they should not be kept in home aquariums. But it's not that easy a problem to solve. Unfortunately.
