- Signatures: 8,414
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 1-1-2008
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It's too barbaric to imagine, but it still happens. Fishermen catch a shark, slice off its fins, and then, cast it back into the water to die. This horrific practice is already prohibited in federal waters of the Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Carribbean, but sharks need more protection from finning and other threats.
Your signature can encourage all countries to prepare and implement plans for shark conservation and management as recommended by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
This petition also implores these nations to ban the cruel, wasteful and destructive practice of shark finning in local and international waters. This practice wastes 95-99% of the animal and makes proper management extremely difficult.
Sharks play a critical role in ocean ecosystems. Their numbers are beginning to dwindle. Please help them today!!
Sign Now to encourage Ban Ki-Moon and the UN General Assembly to take action immediately to protect the shark populations across the globe and stop shark finning
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | State | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,432 | 5:56 pm PST, Nov 9 | Ms. | Naila Lalji | Canada | ||
| 8,431 | 11:55 pm PST, Nov 8 | Mrs. | Jennifer Verhaeghe | Canada | Please stop the finning of sharks. It is cruel and inhumane. It is torture of animals and it needs to stop. | |
| 8,430 | 8:21 pm PST, Nov 8 | Zachary Leonard | Canada | I fully support this ban | ||
| 8,429 | 11:10 am PST, Nov 7 | Anonymous | Austria | |||
| 8,428 | 8:46 pm PST, Nov 6 | Mr. | Jordan Honma | Hawaii | United States | this finning is rediculous! |
| 8,427 | 7:06 am PST, Nov 6 | Mr. | Ola Lundemo | South Africa | www.sharksafaris.co.za fully support this petition. | |
| 8,426 | 5:18 am PST, Nov 6 | Ms. | Ann Wahlström | Sweden | Ban the finning - save the sharks - the finning of these beautiful animals is totally hideous! It must stop! NOW!! | |
| 8,425 | 4:52 pm PST, Nov 4 | Lauren Carter | Canada | Shark-finning is a practice that demonstrates both our fundamental greed and blindness to what's best for the entire earth and us, as part of it. | ||
| 8,424 | 12:56 pm PST, Nov 3 | Ms. | Kandice McCloud | Texas | United States | |
| 8,423 | 9:50 am PST, Nov 2 | Jennie Kyle | Canada | Without sharks I strongly believe we will see a global collapse of our oceans much sooner than we anticipate. These creatures must be protected as they create balance throughout the ocean. Without their presence the world will surely be in much danger. | ||
| 8,422 | 8:09 am PST, Nov 1 | Ms. | Marla de Vries | Netherlands | ||
| 8,421 | 12:27 am PDT, Nov 1 | Mr. | Tyler Gall | Canada | no one should have the rights to decide the fate of an animal no matter how powerful they are | |
| 8,420 | 4:43 pm PDT, Oct 31 | Ms. | Jenny Rolness | Norway | Please end the incredible cruel practice of shark finning! | |
| 8,419 | 3:31 pm PDT, Oct 30 | Ms. | Outi Kaasila | Finland | Sharks are a vital part of our oceans ecosystems and beautiful, fascinating creatures. They should not be killed. | |
| 8,418 | 6:10 pm PDT, Oct 27 | Anonymous | Michigan | United States | ||
| 8,417 | 1:48 pm PDT, Oct 27 | Mr. | Brenden Kenney | California | United States | This needs to be stopped. |
| 8,416 | 1:19 pm PDT, Oct 27 | Mr. | Anonymous | California | United States | |
| 8,415 | 1:33 am PDT, Oct 27 | Mr. | Graham Jefferson | Thailand | Without sharks the underwater eco system will become unbalanced.... | |
| 8,414 | 9:02 pm PDT, Oct 26 | Mr. | JOSEPH BARNETT | Florida | United States | Without Sharks,The Oceans WILL Become A Cesspool Of Disease! |
| 8,413 | 8:56 pm PDT, Oct 26 | Mr. | David Wowk | Canada | ||
| 8,412 | 10:36 am PDT, Oct 25 | Jaclyn P | Hong Kong | |||
| 8,410 | 7:06 pm PDT, Oct 22 | Mr. | Jeff Gandee | Virginia | United States | |
| 8,409 | 3:48 pm PDT, Oct 22 | Ms. | Katrina Bartolo | Australia | ||
| 8,408 | 10:51 pm PDT, Oct 21 | Mr. | Jordan Jarvis | Canada | ||
| 8,407 | 10:00 pm PDT, Oct 21 | Ms. | Carleigh C. | Canada | ||
| 8,406 | 3:30 pm PDT, Oct 21 | Ms. | Carrie Wilson | Oregon | United States | sharks are vital to our enviroment. I also have a petition to save the sharks, please vote: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/save-the-sharks-the-ocean-is-our-world ^^^ http://my.care3.com/carriered |
| 8,405 | 11:08 am PDT, Oct 21 | Mrs. | Cristina Huffman | Canada | ||
| 8,404 | 1:52 am PDT, Oct 21 | Ms. | Katarina Chalwell | Australia | ||
| 8,403 | 11:04 pm PDT, Oct 19 | Ms. | Kathleen Lybarger | Nevada | United States | |
| 8,402 | 9:16 am PDT, Oct 19 | Mr. | Luke Cooper-Berry | United Kingdom | ||
| 8,401 | 5:43 am PDT, Oct 19 | Mrs. | Nicole Kunz | New York | United States |
Establish a Global Ban on Shark Finning.
We, the undersigned, encourage all countries to prepare and implement plans for the conservation and management of sharks as recommended by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and we call on all countries to ban the wasteful and destructive practice of shark finning in local and international waters. This practice wastes 95-99% of the animal and makes proper management extremely difficult.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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