...read about it here, the result may be other than you think:
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/14/na0413-rr-salamanders/
Did the solution work? Sure it did, at the cost of the wasted lives of thousands of koi and probably of other animals too. I think the plan was somewhat extreme and could have been better effected had it been approached from a bit of a different viewpoint so that not all of the koi needed to be killed, their lives wasted. Think about it for a few minutes. Really give it some thought, and see if you can come up with a potentially better solution that would have benefited the salamanders, removed the koi from the pond without killing many of them, and benefited the tax payer a good deal too while also supplying the pet trade with fish.
Have you got it? They could have had wildlife authorities lay in wait for those who were harvesting the koi. Then given them a plea deal that in essence would have them harvest as many as they could within the scope of a month, under government supervision. Of course, if they did not return to the pond, or agree to the deal, then volunteers could have been sought to catch the fish. After they had been caught, the fish could have been sold into the trade to pond keepers (koi bring good money). Any naturally occurring fish, crustaceans or amphibians caught in the nets could have been saved. Then and only then, the pond could have been poisoned, killing any remaining koi, so that the pond would again become a haven for the Jefferson's Salamanders. Not all that complicated and no need to kill all of the fish. Well, that's what I think anyway (my thoughts do not necessarily represent the outlook of the LIHS on this matter).
Once again, hat tip and my thanks to Deb H for sending me yet another article for use on the LIHS Blogger.
All the best,
Glenn B
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