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End The Brutal Practice of Shark Finning
- Posted to Ocean Protectors by Timothy Shorter
To: CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), UN (United Nations)
Sharks are a pivotal part of the oceanic food chain if the brutal practice of shark finning is allowed to continue the food chain will collapse and cause catastrophic damage to the bio-diversity of the ocean. Please end this horrible uneeded practice.
Sincerely, The Ocean Protectors
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Humans every year kill 100 million sharks and for what?
Shark Fins - For a tasteless bowl of soup
Shark Teeth - For Jewlery
Shark Jaws - For Tourists
Shark Cartilage - For Phony Cancer Cures In The Form Of Pills
Shark Liver Oil - For Cosmetic Products
100 million sharks are killed each year by longlining, sport fishermen,or by a cruel practice of shark finning. Hooked sharks are hauled onto boats; their fins are sliced off while they are still alive. These helpless animals are then tossed back into the ocean where, unable to swim without their fins, they sink towards the bottom and die an agonizing death.
With 90% of the world's large shark populations already wiped out, sharks are being depleted faster than they can reproduce. This threatens the stability of marine ecosystems around the world. Sharks are vitally important apex predators. They have shaped marine life in the oceans for over 400 million years and are essential to the health of the planet, and ultimately to the survival of mankind.
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I think Laura Dayton said it all! Stop this torture of sharks for some stupid soup for big shots...It all comes down to money, the supplier, the business and the consumer at the expense of these sea animals who are maimed for life to die...hideous exercise...is there no compassion for nature?
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Go, girlfriend. You nailed it! xx
Please help stop this barbaric practice now!
The Chinese are a barbaric race!
Most of Asia is a nightmare straight from hell.
QUE CHINA EMPIECE A CUMPLIR SU PROMESA DE NO CONSUMIR Y PROHIBIR LA SOPA DE ALETA DE TIBURON..
Heb er beelden van gezien, de vinnen worden afgesneden, en het dier wordt nog leven weer in zee dedonderd.
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We need to boycott restaurants and grocery stores that provide these tasteless fins. This senseless slaughter of sharkes is upsetting the ecology of the oceans.
Make that sharks not sharkes. Blame my glasses.
El monstro mas cruel es humano... No hay solucion.
mercy-oh Lord, more mercy.
mother nature puts up with so much abuse, then we wonder why she gets upset...we would too.
I have been campaigning against this horrendous and barbaric practice for the past 6 years. Please sign the petiton and help stop this dreadful practice now !!!!