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Don't ditch that fish: That's the message from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, reminding the public that it's both illegal and harmful to dump unwanted pet fish into local ponds.

Three hundred and nineteen wild animals have been killed illegally in Utah since Aug. 1, that’s up from 92 one year ago.

Biologists from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources discovered hundreds of goldfish illegally dumped in a local pond, causing officials to warn residents about dumping fish in state waterways