fan the flames calling for animal liberation and aquarium hobbiest extinction.
I can understand that you do not have had this fight as hard as we have had it in Europe yet. That the aquarium hobby still exist in countries like Sweden, UK and Germany is because we have try to discuss the ethics with fishkeeping among ourselves. For the moment - it is not animal rights that dominate the discussions - it is invasive alien species that dominate. The introduction of Lion Fish in Florida has been widely used in the debate here - arguing for the danger with the aquarium hobby. Of many reasons we need to meet some ethic demands in our hobby - otherwise it will be gone as a hobby sooner or later.
Sincerely Lasse