Phuket conservationists call to stop collecting hermit crabs

Eakkapop Thongtub

 

The call to stop collecting hermit crabs and shells follows a post on the #PHUKET WORK Facebook group offering to pay people to collect hermit crabs. Photo: Healthy Reef Club

 

PHUKET: Local marine conservationists from the Healthy Reefs Club are urging people to stop collecting hermit crabs and the shells the crabs use for their homes from Phuket’s beaches and those on nearby islands.

 

“Stop collecting natural hermit crabs from now before they become extinct. Is it fair to collect natural hermit crabs as a way for a group of people to make money? Nature should be left alone,” the Healthy Reefs Club, a member of the Andaman Conservationist Club of Thailand Conservationist Network, posted on its Facebook page yesterday (Nov 1).

 

“We understand that many people like to have hermit crabs to keep as for themselves (as pets), but they are taking the hermit crabs from the beaches and islands. This causes ecological destruction.

 

Full story:  https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-conservationists-call-to-stop-collecting-hermit-crabs-64544.php

 

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Keep as pets 

 

There's some sad fookers out there !

2 hours ago, webfact said:

This causes ecological destruction.

Yeah, like the crabs could live in the plastic Thai polluted seas anyway.