Burnaby Killing Turtles and Koi Fish in Central Park

You may be interested in knowing that the City of Burnaby is planning to drain the lower pond in Central Park in Burnaby. This is to catch a snakehead fish that is in the pond. They are also planning on euthanizing all other fish including the Koi fish and a colony of red eared slider turtles that have lived in the pond for decades. This will happen Friday June 8th. They have already attempted to drain the pond today but were stopped by a lone protestor. They are doing it quickly to avoid adverse public opinion. See attached link

http://www.burnabynow.com/news/Lone...+Burnaby+Central+Lake+pond/6741273/story.html

People to contact to protest:
Dave Ellenwood, Director of City of Burnaby Parks is in charge 604-294-7450
Mayor Derek Corrigan, City of Burnaby 604-294-7340
Burnaby Now Newspaper 604-444-3451
Burnaby Newsleader 604-438-6397

Please help spread the word

 

The turtles and koi aren't native to the lake. As "cute" as they are, shouldn't they be removed also?

 

Why kill the fish. Just unleash some of the locals on them, they'll eat anything. You know who i'm talkinga bout.

 

Original snakehead video by ludds from BCAquaria:


Note how the consensus on the original thread was that the media was overblowing the situation: http://www.bcaquaria.com/forum/fres...snake-head-spotted-central-park-lagoon-28550/

 

They aren't causing any problems for the lagoon. The pond is man-made so it's a bit ironic to be eradicating non-native species.

Moron .

 

Local rescue groups are trying to help the turtles and fish, more info here - http://www.facebook.com/groups/384296688288241/

 

The protest may be short-sighted because even if the existing fishes don't die from this draining, they will die from being eaten by snakeheads.

Now that they caught the snakehead, the native fishes can live for generations to come.

B.C.'s snakehead caught after Burnaby pond drained

 

^They euthanized the koi. I really wish they would have donated them. I think the turtles were saved by a rescue group though.

Apparently they refused to hand over the koi to the rescue group because the group did not have a transport permit or some bureaucratic bullshit like that. Ridiculous.

I'm glad the snakehead is gone, but there was a LOT of unfounded fear mongering being perpetuated by the media. People were happy to drink the kool-aid.