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Originally Posted by Windguy

That can be a real problem. I read recently that someone let their goldfish go in a small pond near a large lake. They are growing very large and are eating all the snails and other species that help control the ecosystem and the pond is dying. I think they wiped out the other fish in the pond. The pond is filled with scum, now. If the large lake dies with it, then fishing, boating, skiing, and other recreation will end.

Scientists are worried that the goldfish could somehow get into the large lake (birds losing their grip on them?) and destroy it, too. Apparently, they are not good tasting, so people won’t eat them. There is a bounty on them.

Please, everyone, don’t release your unwanted pets into the environment.

Don’t you mean Asian carp?