# Save Rocky the fish **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 2, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881 "2009-03-02T20:50:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/1 "2009-03-02T20:50:19Z")
I don’t know this guy, but he was in the CNY f-body club so you know he’s legit 😉 To make a long story short… Clay, NY man buys fish legally in 1999. This snakehead fish, named Rocky, lives in a 200 gallon take in his kitchen. Fish species is outlawed in NY in 2004. Now the DEC has nothing better to do than try to take this fish and kill it. I admit there are ecological hazards with a non-native predatory species, however I feel the state has better things to spend its time on. Abused children, schools, roads, layoffs, budget deficits, etc. There is a petition to save Rocky at the link below: > **[Sign Petition: SAVE A PET FISH NAMED "ROCKY"](https://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-chriss-pet-snakehead-fish/)** > > LET CHRIS KEEP HIS 10 YEAR OLD PET FISH, ROCKY!!! (1261 signatures on petition) You can read about it at > **[Banned snakehead becomes international celebrity; fish still hasn't been seized...](http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/banned_snakehead_fish_still_ha.html)** > > Li-Hua Lan/The Post-StandardChris Deverso, of Clay, has owned this giant snakehead for 10 years.A Clay man's banned pet snakehead fish has become an international celebrity. Chris Deverso's quest to save the 10-year-old, 28-inch-long fish he calls... ---
**Author:** ![98SS10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/98ss10/32/7288_2.png) [@98SS10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98SS10)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/2 "2009-03-02T21:46:39Z")
Gimme back dat filet O fish, give it to me. ---
**Author:** ![97\_B18b1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/cdc98d/32.png) [@97\_B18b1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97_B18b1)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/3 "2009-03-02T21:57:52Z")
omfg i hate that commercial. I wanna meet whoever is writing these mcdonalds commercials and throw one good power punch right into his cocksucker. > [@98SS10](#): > > Gimme back dat filet O fish, give it to me. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/4 "2009-03-02T22:10:59Z")
god damnit now I want a fish fillet… ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/5 "2009-03-02T22:46:43Z")
Same law forced me to buy 6 red bellies on the street. ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/6 "2009-03-02T22:52:15Z")
signed it.good ol screwed up ny ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/7 "2009-03-03T06:18:14Z")
what is the law for? i know its banning certain fish, but why? i mean he has one fish in its own tank which is not harming anyone but 36 gold fish a week. whats the harm in keeping this thing ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/8 "2009-03-03T06:32:04Z")
Its BS IMO. Ex post facto. You cant do something legally and then be charged for it after. As long as he can prove it was purchased before the law was in place, he is fine. ---
**Author:** ![Nicky666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Nicky666](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nicky666)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/9 "2009-03-03T07:46:07Z")
The law is because people let them go in the wild. These fish are real tough and can survive in a ton of different situations. In the warmer states these fish pose a huge threat to native ecosystems because they will basically kill anything just to eat it. They are pretty nasty. ---
**Author:** ![A.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@A.J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A.J)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/10 "2009-03-03T07:47:16Z")
Watertowns Zoo is trying to get permission to take it ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/11 "2009-03-03T10:06:08Z")
If I were this guy I would let it go in Lake Erie. Fuck um. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/12 "2009-03-03T10:30:13Z")
same with any exotic pets really ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/save-rocky-the-fish/63881/13 "2009-03-03T10:36:27Z")
Kill it. Seriously, the damage these things cause when they get released into area waters isn’t worth the risk. EDIT: Nevermind. Just read the full article and saw the part about this specific snakehead not being able to survive in our cold climate. If he can produce scientific evidence that’s true let him keep it.