Pet fish are not wild fish. City officials in Burnsville, Minnesota, recently tweeted out a warning against dumping pet fish in the wild after a large number of goldfish were found in one of the ...

BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- A town in Minnesota is reminding people not to dump their unwanted pet goldfish into a nearby stream or pond. The city of Burnsville shared images on Twitter showing adult hands ...

Goldfish can grow to large sizes, reproduce quickly, decrease water quality and gobble up the resources native species need to survive when released into a body of water bigger than a fishbowl. Kelli ...

“Please don't release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes!” pleaded Burnsville officials. “They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments ...