Albino clownfish and the Law

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Brenda there are no facilities to my knowledge that can hold the fish and if so i doubt anyone with passion will be doing this?

Sad, and also a crime in my opinion.



i know of a case where someone was caught for bringing a snake (anoconda) into the country ilegally it was taken to the petshop for safe keeping and basically forgotten there. they did not pay for food nor any type of upkeep which brings me to ask why not just let the person who wanted it origionally keep it. surely better care would have been give to it by somone who had a passion for it.

and this in its self should have been seen as a crime..

Yes, two crimes were committed here IMO.
 
I hope you get to the bottom of this Marcel. We behind you all the way.. its actually a shame it had to come to this, in actual fact IMO you are preserving marine life by breeding , not destroying..
 
I just received a phone call, saying that a shop-owner is behind this whole thing. I will not mention a name yet, but I know who this person is. This person approached me recently to buy 100 ocellaris from me and I refused to sell any until I got my permits in place.
You, who ask me purchasing 100 clowns, if I can prove that you are behind this, I will make your live more difficult than mine is already.

You made a big mistake my friend and you probably never have pissed a German off.
Believe me, when I am finished with you, you will never be able to do it again. I didnt tell anybody about your purchase offer. So how can it be, that your purchase offer fits exactly into the timeframe?

You go Marcel!
Sure MASA will be behind you, and so will I :yeahdude:
 
While I am firmly on your side Marcel, I think that the personal attacks should be kept out of the forum. When you have confirmed proof about what has transpired and who is to blame, then you should say something, but until then, I think this info should be kept off the forum. There are alot of shops out there, so people will start speculating over who is to blame and this could damage an otherwise innocent party.

Also, threatening anyone should not be on the public forum.

That aside, I really do hope you find out who did this and I also sincerely hope that you name them and shame them. So the whole South African Hobbiest community knows what shop to avoid in the future.
 
While I am firmly on your side Marcel, I think that the personal attacks should be kept out of the forum. When you have confirmed proof about what has transpired and who is to blame, then you should say something, but until then, I think this info should be kept off the forum. There are alot of shops out there, so people will start speculating over who is to blame and this could damage an otherwise innocent party.

Also, threatening anyone should not be on the public forum.

That aside, I really do hope you find out who did this and I also sincerely hope that you name them and shame them. So the whole South African Hobbiest community knows what shop to avoid in the future.
I have to agree with Slagter on this one!!!!!
Marcel is the lfs one of the sponsers?
 
Marcel, I truely hope things work out for you, I think you are doing fantastic things in aquaculture!

I ask that ALL members keep speculation to themselves, and specifically off of this forum.

I am sure that Marcel will follow the correct channels when he has some concrete information should this information relate to anyone on this forum.
 
Hi Marcel

I have a friend in the pet trade and he has had a lot off battles with Nature conservation. He has spent over 40 th Rand in lawyer fees. He still out and not behind bars. In other words he has won his court case. I spoke to him about your case and he advised that you should get a lawyer. Second bit of advise was that anything that gets taken from you must be written down with a value and signed. In an event that you win your case you get paid out for loss of live stock, that was taken from you and did not survive.

Sorry to hear of your trouble and I wish you all the best.

Maybe MASA can get a donation fund going to help you with your lawyer fees.
 
I am still confused Marcel - had you applied for the permit. If not are you not in contravention of the LAW - no matter how silly we all think the law is we still have to abide by it?
 
Sims - this is what marcel said.

There are a few things not 100% correct. I haven't submitted the application form yet.

Reason why I didn't do it in the first place was, my passport gave me permission to operate a plumbing business in SA. So I had to sort out homeaffairs first.
20 something thousend Rand and 6 months later, my passport says.
Exceptional skills workpermit for breeding marine fish.

This is what worries me the most. But surely DFF can understand that he had to apply for the work permit before he could apply for permission to breed marines? If Marcel had submitted the application form, then it would be a clear cut thing. But as it stands, it depends on contextual evidence - ie: that marcel was in a position where he was not legible to apply until he had sorted his passport out, and that he has been completely open and transparent the whole time. Marcel has not tried to do this on the sly. If the judge takes the entire situation and context into consideration then I don't see why it should be a problem.
 
I dunno if this is as clear cut as we all think. IMO and IME with the law if you broke it then you still broke it - no matter what the reasons may be.

Again its silly but its the Law...not so?
 
I dunno if this is as clear cut as we all think. IMO and IME with the law if you broke it then you still broke it - no matter what the reasons may be.

Again its silly but its the Law...not so?
yes i agree, we as south africans like to over look this... i am talking generally here not in reefing context
 
i do hope they throw this out, problem is they have wasted your time
 
hey marcel the guy your accusing is me!! Thats extremely unfair, you visited our shop and i spoke to you and you asked me if i would be interested in purchasing clowns once u obtain pertmits to sell. I even asked mandarinman for your contact details and he didnt have it so i joined masa to get hold of you. You know im actually seriously flabagst. I support fellow reefers and I dont think this is fair at all. And where would i benefit?

PM me your cell number, I want to phone you.
 
I dunno if this is as clear cut as we all think. IMO and IME with the law if you broke it then you still broke it - no matter what the reasons may be.

Again its silly but its the Law...not so?

This is true sims i agree....although they could have handled it a bit more cleverly,locking the man up even though he hasnt sold any and has been visible in trying to get the needed paper work means that you have no intent of doing anything illegal should mean they need to send one or two inspectors to check it out and keep tabs on his stock etc....but 8 guys to lock him up is a bit much for what is not really a crime but rather a grey area.

MURDER,RAPE,ROBBERIES ETC YEAH SURE SEND IN 10 OFFICIALS Lol but come now why arrest for this???not like he caught nemo out of cape town seas lol

Marcel I understand that you are angry and want a reason but i think you also need to calm down before accusing anyone here,make sure you get 100% pure facts before you mention anyone or hint at anyone being to blame.

Also I think that rather then catch them in the street and make them pay(and get yourself locked up again:biggrin:) rather get your product out there and supply anyone but them and let them burn as you succeed;)

Good luck bud,hope you can get this sorted out without the need for lawyers etc and One thing good thing that has come about because of this is that your albinoes are getting more exposure and the demand is growing by the day!:thumbup:
 
This is true sims i agree....although they could have handled it a bit more cleverly,locking the man up even though he hasnt sold any and has been visible in trying to get the needed paper work means that you have no intent of doing anything illegal should mean they need to send one or two inspectors to check it out and keep tabs on his stock etc....but 8 guys to lock him up is a bit much for what is not really a crime but rather a grey area.

MURDER,RAPE,ROBBERIES ETC YEAH SURE SEND IN 10 OFFICIALS Lol but come now why arrest for this???not like he caught nemo out of cape town seas lol

Marcel I understand that you are angry and want a reason but i think you also need to calm down before accusing anyone here,make sure you get 100% pure facts before you mention anyone or hint at anyone being to blame.

Also I think that rather then catch them in the street and make them pay(and get yourself locked up again:biggrin:) rather get your product out there and supply anyone but them and let them burn as you succeed;)

Good luck bud,hope you can get this sorted out without the need for lawyers etc and One thing good thing that has come about because of this is that your albinoes are getting more exposure and the demand is growing by the day!:thumbup:

What is good Falcon, You've tried to take the positivity of all things, that's quite reasonable by you buddy....
 
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