Sharklover,
You wrote,
"Of course public aquariums are against the private individual keeping sharks. Sharks are one of the primary attractions of a public aquarium. If you've got sharks at home you won't need to pay $40-50 to see them at the local public aquarium. "
You need to preface that with, "In my opinion" because you really have no way to back up that assertion. Same about public aquariums "killing more than their fair share of sharks" - you have no data, so it is simply your uninformed opinion.
Public aquarists decry keeping sharks in unsuitable conditions, because either the animal dies, or the public aquarium is called upon to bail out the person with the oversized shark, simple as that.
Jay Hemdal
p.s. - and Carch melanopte knows better than to come to me to try to find a home for his big female bonnethead<grin>.
You wrote,
"Of course public aquariums are against the private individual keeping sharks. Sharks are one of the primary attractions of a public aquarium. If you've got sharks at home you won't need to pay $40-50 to see them at the local public aquarium. "
You need to preface that with, "In my opinion" because you really have no way to back up that assertion. Same about public aquariums "killing more than their fair share of sharks" - you have no data, so it is simply your uninformed opinion.
Public aquarists decry keeping sharks in unsuitable conditions, because either the animal dies, or the public aquarium is called upon to bail out the person with the oversized shark, simple as that.
Jay Hemdal
p.s. - and Carch melanopte knows better than to come to me to try to find a home for his big female bonnethead<grin>.