Save our oceans: Take a stand against shark finning
Target:
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations
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Shark finning is a violent, inhumane process which involves the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard of its carcass at sea. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish. Shark specialist estimate that 100 million sharks are killed for their fins annually.
Please sign this petition to urge His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations to ban the practice of shark finning, and to make the importation of shark fins illegal.
Visit http://www.sharkwater.com/education.htm to learn more about the practice of shark finning.
Please sign this petition to urge His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations to ban the practice of shark finning, and to make the importation of shark fins illegal.
Visit http://www.sharkwater.com/education.htm to learn more about the practice of shark finning.
Shark finning is a violent, inhumane process which involves the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard of its carcass at sea. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish. Shark specialist estimate that 100 million sharks are killed for their fins annually.
Please sign this petition to urge His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations to ban the practice of shark finning, and to make the importation of shark fins illegal.
Visit http://www.sharkwater.com/education.htm to learn more about the practice of shark finning.
Please sign this petition to urge His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations to ban the practice of shark finning, and to make the importation of shark fins illegal.
Visit http://www.sharkwater.com/education.htm to learn more about the practice of shark finning.
We, the undersigned, believe that:
- Shark finning is an inhumane and abhorrent practice that should immediately be banned by all countries, along with the importation of shark fins,
- The rate at which sharks are currently being killed is exploitative and unsustainable,
- Active measures should be put in place to protect the shark population in international waters,
- Long-line fishing (another inhumane practice linked to shark finning that affects many other marine species, including the leatherback turtle) should be made illegal.
We urge you to work towards ensuring that the practices of shark finning and long-line fishing be made illegal, and to ban the import of shark fins around the world.
We thank you for taking the time to read this letter, and for helping us to enact postitive change towards saving this threatened species.
We signed the "Save our oceans: Take a stand against shark finning" petition!
# 213:
5:33 pm PST, Jan 5,
Gail Costic, Pennsylvania
# 212:
9:17 am PST, Jan 5,
Christine Fortier, Canada
# 211:
5:26 pm PST, Jan 3,
Mervi Rantala, Finland
Take a strong stand against shark finning and put a stop to this cruel and totally unnecessary practice NOW!!!
Take a strong stand against shark finning and put a stop to this cruel and totally unnecessary practice NOW!!!
# 210:
4:54 pm PST, Dec 29,
Jennifer Gardner, Florida
# 209:
1:35 am PST, Dec 22,
Marco Beato, Italy
# 208:
6:46 pm PST, Dec 20,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 207:
2:10 am PST, Dec 19,
Name not displayed, Australia
# 206:
10:47 pm PST, Dec 18,
Lindsay Verrier, Canada
Have your say: Please leave any additional comments you may have to be included along with this petition.
Have your say: Please leave any additional comments you may have to be included along with this petition.
# 205:
11:24 am PST, Dec 18,
Kassy Davis, Canada
# 204:
8:13 am PST, Dec 18,
Andrea Wannop, Canada
# 203:
7:45 am PST, Dec 18,
Shawn Place, Canada
# 202:
11:18 pm PST, Dec 17,
Christine Leslie, Canada
# 201:
9:30 pm PST, Dec 17,
Kevin Pearson, Canada
# 200:
9:25 pm PST, Dec 17,
Scott Connell, Canada
a simple google image search will be enough to convince anyone that this is a barbaric practice.... doing so is something I don't recommend for those easily disturbed, btw.
a simple google image search will be enough to convince anyone that this is a barbaric practice.... doing so is something I don't recommend for those easily disturbed, btw.
# 199:
7:20 pm PST, Dec 17,
Karen Arnould, Canada
# 198:
2:08 pm PST, Dec 17,
Dan Maggiacomo, Canada
Inhumane, yes. The utter insanity of it is in it's incredible wastefulness however. Disgusting.
Inhumane, yes. The utter insanity of it is in it's incredible wastefulness however. Disgusting.
# 197:
1:04 pm PST, Dec 17,
Richard Parsloe, Canada
Shark Finning has to stop it is a senseless practice that will be regretted in future years. Please see to it that the practice ceases.
Shark Finning has to stop it is a senseless practice that will be regretted in future years. Please see to it that the practice ceases.
# 196:
12:04 pm PST, Dec 17,
Ashley Wagenaar, Canada
# 195:
9:59 am PST, Dec 17,
Conrad k. Wagenaar, Canada
# 194:
9:07 am PST, Dec 17,
Callie Drew, Canada
# 193:
9:43 am PST, Nov 15,
Amy Crow, United Kingdom
# 192:
7:13 am PST, Nov 11,
Christine Conti-Cole, Massachusetts
# 191:
8:44 pm PDT, Oct 26,
David Ray, Canada
# 190:
3:17 am PDT, Oct 26,
Sean Parsons, United Kingdom
# 189:
5:24 pm PDT, Oct 22,
Angel Halloran, Virginia
# 188:
8:31 pm PDT, Oct 7,
Ross Dance, Canada
# 187:
8:39 pm PDT, Oct 6,
Jacqueline Herdman, Canada
# 186:
11:33 pm PDT, Oct 3,
Takuji Soyama, Japan
# 185:
4:26 pm PDT, Sep 30,
Marie-Rose HECKMANN, France
# 184:
5:48 pm PDT, Sep 28,
Chantal Chavassieux, France
# 183:
8:13 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Arnaud Hussard, France
# 182:
7:05 pm PDT, Sep 27,
Mireille Azouzou, France
# 181:
8:29 am PDT, Sep 27,
Name not displayed, Canada
# 180:
6:37 pm PDT, Sep 26,
Geneviève Pieroni, France
# 179:
12:50 am PDT, Sep 26,
Jean-damien SUSINI, France
# 178:
11:31 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Maya Puerta, France
# 177:
2:39 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Germain Puerta, France
# 176:
2:14 pm PDT, Sep 25,
Severine Stockling,, France
# 175:
4:18 am PDT, Sep 24,
Michele Quintric, France
# 174:
12:14 am PDT, Sep 23,
BiLL Fowlie, Maine
# 173:
10:20 pm PDT, Sep 22,
Roxie Schliesman, Wisconsin
# 171:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 21,
Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 170:
1:20 am PDT, Sep 10,
Nicolas BELLEUDY, France
# 169:
11:39 am PDT, Sep 9,
Name not displayed, Belgium
Just leave them alone ... Only if they harm you , i think it should be killed, otherwise just leave them ..
Just leave them alone ... Only if they harm you , i think it should be killed, otherwise just leave them ..
# 168:
10:16 am PDT, Sep 9,
Name not displayed, Belgium
Sharks fear us. They're shy. We're dominant. We're killing..
Sharks fear us. They're shy. We're dominant. We're killing..
# 167:
2:41 am PDT, Sep 9,
Andrée Hussard, France
# 166:
7:14 am PDT, Sep 7,
Annie Bertrand, France
# 165:
9:24 am PDT, Aug 18,
Erin Maher, Illinois
# 164:
3:57 pm PDT, Aug 17,
Alyson Cramer, New York
# 163:
9:13 am PDT, Aug 16,
Heidi Roberts, United Kingdom
# 162:
1:09 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Christi Metz, Canada
# 161:
12:29 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Sallee Maxwell, Canada
# 160:
12:03 pm PDT, Aug 15,
Meghan Whitehead, Canada
# 159:
10:44 am PDT, Aug 15,
Jennifer Hedayat, Canada
# 158:
10:40 am PDT, Aug 15,
Corrina Mick, Canada
# 157:
10:27 am PDT, Aug 15,
Elizabeth Maxwell, Canada
# 156:
8:50 am PDT, Aug 15,
Karen McColl, Canada
This is issue not just about the sharks, this is about the whole ocean and earth ecosystem because everything is connected in some way and endangering the sharks will cause a catastrophic chain reaction. This is such a needless action- let's give fishermen all over the world more options so that they are not forced to resort to this for their livelihood. Clamp down on black market shark finning!
This is issue not just about the sharks, this is about the whole ocean and earth ecosystem because everything is connected in some way and endangering the sharks will cause a catastrophic chain reaction. This is such a needless action- let's give fishermen all over the world more options so that they are not forced to resort to this for their livelihood. Clamp down on black market shark finning!
# 155:
8:18 am PDT, Aug 15,
Chloe Rayner, United Kingdom
Shark finning is disgusting stop it NOW
Shark finning is disgusting stop it NOW
# 154:
10:37 am PDT, Aug 14,
Jessica Ogden, New York
# 153:
10:45 pm PDT, Aug 13,
G Levesque, Canada
# 152:
6:04 am PDT, Aug 13,
Michelle Wallwork, Canada
# 151:
12:53 am PDT, Aug 13,
Tamara Borg Cardona, Malta
