Just read the article in ST... with similarity what Singapore itself is facing now.
“PUB also urged fish hobbyists not to release non-native animals into the reservoir because, injuries aside, these creatures can upset the food chain there by feeding on native species, out-competing them for food and spreading diseases to which the local species are not immune.”
“What is to be done, now that they seem to have dug in and multiplied?”
“Biologist Peter Ng, one of the authors of the paper, said when alien species establish themselves, they cannot be eradicated overnight, “so we need to be proactive and plan ahead”. ”
---- “Stingrays breeding in Upper Seletar” – Home Section page C5, The Straits Times (26th March 2010)
“PUB also urged fish hobbyists not to release non-native animals into the reservoir because, injuries aside, these creatures can upset the food chain there by feeding on native species, out-competing them for food and spreading diseases to which the local species are not immune.”
“What is to be done, now that they seem to have dug in and multiplied?”
“Biologist Peter Ng, one of the authors of the paper, said when alien species establish themselves, they cannot be eradicated overnight, “so we need to be proactive and plan ahead”. ”
---- “Stingrays breeding in Upper Seletar” – Home Section page C5, The Straits Times (26th March 2010)
