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AIBU to keep an illegal pet

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bimbimbap · 23/03/2021 14:39

Apologies for the clickbait title!

The real question is has anyone seen frogspawn in public areas around North or East London? Please comment or DM me with details as my son is obsessed with frogs and would love nothing more than to collect and keep a little frogspawn in a fish tank as ‘pets’ for a few weeks then release them back into the pond.

We’ve been looking for weeks and not spotted any despite it being the right time of year. I understand technically it’s not allowed to move the spawn but we would only take say a dozen eggs and they should have a better chance of reaching maturity than if left where they’re laid.

To anyone who can help - thankyou! I’m sick of all our walks revolving around searching for some!

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Anotherlovelybitofsquirrel · 29/04/2021 10:39

Leave them the fuck alone. Ffs.

Shamoo · 29/04/2021 10:40

You are a disgrace!

idontlikealdi · 29/04/2021 10:43

I had NO IDEA this was illegal. Did it with DTs as part of home-school biology lessons last year. We took tadpoles, 6 f them from a local pond, kept the water topped up and refreshed with water from the same pond and then took them back when they were froglets.

We did it all the time as kids, I'm usually pretty savvy but this totally passed me by.

BobBobBobbin · 29/04/2021 11:18

It isn’t illegal @idontlikealdi

Batteriisincluded · 29/04/2021 11:24

Where do people get this taking frogspawn is illegal crap?
www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/watch-wildlife/how-to-rear-froglets/#:~:text=Take%20the%20spawn%20home%20in,but%20out%20of%20direct%20sunlight.

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