Distasteful

[free spirit]

Have you people seen that magagzine is out again?
Bugs and Insects
I think it is cruel encasing a beautiful creature in plastic, whether it is educational or not. The insects should be roaming free out in their Natural habitat. I am not sure if they are caught or bred in captivity I find it distasteful.
Free Spirit.

[Jason Green]

Hi FS,

I think we've had a thread on this before. If I remember correctly, they are captive-bred. I suppose it all comes from a male and female caught in the wild, then bred from there. That would be my reasoning.

Take care,

Jason

[free spirit]

Hi Jason,
thankyou for the info. You didn't say weather you agree with it. And I bet the specimens are not prepared in the U.K. I may be wrong. I know I should buy a magazine and get my facts straight, but feel I would be contributing to the creatures demise. Ethics I guess. I think living specimens are more appealing than dead one's.

Free Spirit


London Insects. I am impressed.......thankyou.

[C J Smallman]

As a keeper of tarantulas and knowing how upset I get when one passes on then it sort of turns my stomache that they are breed and killed for our amusment.

If they are interested in "bugs" then plenty of petshops sell exotics these days or there are some great dealers on the internet who will only to gladly help with questions.

Not sure if you saw the tv add where they had a scorp walking into the plastic block and it being sealed this was animated and not real but it didnt feel right somehow.

Chris.

[Jim Ford]

I don't like it at all. In spite of what The Bible says, animals are not our playthings to do with what we like.

Jim

[Deb London]

I caught the advert out of the corner of my eye and I was really hoping that they were plastic. I'm not particularly sentimental about animals. But it does strike me as senseless killing that gives out the wrong message.

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by free spirit

You didn't say weather you agree with it. And I bet the specimens are not prepared in the U.K. I may be wrong. I know I should buy a magazine and get my facts straight, but feel I would be contributing to the creatures demise. Ethics I guess. I think living specimens are more appealing than dead one's.

I doubt they are prepared in Britain, too. I don't know enough about the part-work to draw a fair opinion, but when insects are killed then sold I don't really agree. Still, I hope that some children will see these insects and decide to look to our own fauna and head into either conservation, or survey work. I wonder if any profit goes into their conservation?

Thanks RE London Invertebrates; I'm working on a massive re-design, should be ready some time this year/next I hope.

[2dogs2000]

I agree. I find this magazine cruel and distasteful. If no insects were included then I would have been interested in having a look at it.

[John_M]

My daughter is interested in bugs. Preferred method of access is to go outside and find them. Poking around in the compost heap provides a lot of entertainment, is free, and nobody has to die; also allows her to see behaviour and not just physiology.
I believe there are several places in the UK where bugs can be seen in their natural habitat
Insects from other countries may be less familiar, but I don't consider our native species less interesting than them.

[Meta menardi]

I wonder how the cost compares with a top class A3 poster? After all, it will be cost that counts, can't see a main publisher being altruistic. It does pander to that little bit in most people of collecting, even if the collection is of plastic dead insects.