Zoo devises 'grizzly' solution to invasive goldfish scourge

Zookeepers have proposed a real “grizzly” solution to controlling giant invasive goldfish.

For years, pet goldfish released into US waterways have been wreaking havoc by ballooning to gargantuan sizes and outcompeting native species.

Enterprising Minnesota zoo officials have devised an unorthodox way to help with the scourge — feeding the shiny fin-terlopers to hungry zoo animals.

“Early results are promising,” Kelly Kappen, a nutritionist at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley where the bold new conservation initiative is being trialed, told Jam Press. 3

The goldfish plague has reportedly run rampant across Minnesota water bodies such as Lake Cornelia, which has been invaded by thousands of goldfish discarded by careless pet owners.

This illicit practice, known as illegal “fish