Rare fish stolen in £15,000 haul

Rare fish stolen in £15,000 haul

By Matt Wilkinson

Source: oxford mail

5/8/2007

Exotic and rare fish worth thousands of pounds were scooped from their tanks and stolen in a raid on an aquatic shop.

An estimated £15,000 worth of fish, coral and equipment were stolen from CK Aquatics at Wyevale Garden Centre, in South Hinksey, Oxford, during a raid on Saturday night.

Thieves cut through locks on a security gate and forced open a door before taking more than 100 of the most expensive fish from their tanks.

It is believed they left with £8,000 worth of exotic marine life including Angel Fish, Butterfly Fish, Dwarf Angels and Hermit Crabs

The most expensive fish stolen were Emperor Angels worth £80 each.

A pile of bags - believed to be of the type used to carry away the fish - was left at the scene.

Joint owner Carole Beesley fears the break-in could have been committed to order, because only the specialist fish, and guide books on how to care for them, were stolen.

She said: "I noticed the side gate was open and saw the alarm had been tripped. I then saw the mess inside and just burst into tears.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
1076	Atlantic Fish Co secures fresh funding	thefishsite	2023-12-28	US
1077	Police investigating beloved blue gropers alleged death by spearfisher	9news	2024-01-01	AU
1078	Ice fishing village is all wet as thaw delays beloved winter tradition in Ste-Anne-de-la-Pérade, Que	CBC News	2023-12-31	CA
1079	Feds must fix unfair West Coast fishing rules	Canada’s National Observer	2024-01-03	CA
1080	Sheet of ice drifts out into lake near Canada carrying 100 fishers	USA TODAY	2023-12-30	US
1081	DNR plans changes to protect native rough fish	echopress	2024-01-02	US
1082	122 anglers rescued from detached ice chunk on Upper Red Lake	echopress	2023-12-29	US
1083	New study finds high mercury levels in Snake River smallmouth bass in Idaho	Northwest News Network	2023-12-11	US
1084	Mass strandings of rare fish baffle Orkney residents	BBC Radio Orkney	2023-12-12	US
1085	What is this unusual fish washed up on the shore?	irishtimes	2023-12-16	IR
1086	No fish is worth your life DNR warns ahead of ice fishing	wbay	2023-12-11	US
1087	Electronic implant lets select farmed salmon serve as sentinel fish	Norwegian SciTech News	2023-12-11	NO
1088	Unusual haul of fish illegally caught in Georgia given to family in need	macon	2023-12-11	US
1089	Bob Brown Foundation claims thousands of salmon have died in Tassal pens	abc	2023-12-14	AU
1090	Fears spillway net removal could kill off trophy-sized barramundi	ABC Far North	2023-12-15	AU
1091	Florida man goes fishing in Bass Pro Shops pond	Fox News	2023-12-22	US
1092	Там, где ловятся щуки	ohotniki	2023-12-23	RU
1093	A father and his 6-year-old daughter were fishing on Lake Michigan	cnn	2023-12-16	CA
1094	2,640 pounds of illegally caught fish found on boats off South Texas coast	ksat	2023-12-11	US
1095	Big money industry crippling salmon population in Alaska, natives say	abc7chicago	2023-12-10	US
1096	Salmon Escaping Farms Are Wreaking Havoc on Wild Fish	newsweek	2023-12-11	UK
1097	The decline of Pacific salmon is death by a thousand cuts	kgw	2023-12-13	US
1098	Fairfax County relocates fish, eels affected by government center pond dredging	ffxnow	2023-12-13	US
1099	RCMP finds missing family of 3 dead in Lac Ste. Anne County	CBC News	2023-12-26	CA
1100	Get Stealthy to Catch Giant Seatrout	sportfishingmag	2023-10-25	US