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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Establish a Global Ban on Shark Finning.

Target: Ban Ki-Moon, The United Nations Secretary-General
Sponsor: WildAid
  • Signatures: 8,536
  • Goal: 10,000
  • Deadline: 1-1-2008
Petition Target: Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General



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


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Number Date Prefix Name State Country Comments
8,555 6:29 am PST, Dec 30 Ms. Anonymous   Sweden  
8,554 10:06 am PST, Dec 28 Dr. Mark Feldman California United States PUT AN IMMEDIATE STOP TO THE CRUEL INHUMANE SHARK FINNING. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER HUMAN EXPLOITATION OF THE ANIMAL SPECIES!
8,553 10:41 pm PST, Dec 26 Mr. michael gagliano   Canada We need to stop slaughtering all the worlds sharks to make MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!! The world needs to stop being so selfish and greedy! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!
8,552 9:42 pm PST, Dec 23 Mr. Alfred Chekiee   Canada Cruelty has no place in our world.
8,551 11:36 am PST, Dec 22 Mrs. Anna Caro Carvajal   France  
8,550 9:14 am PST, Dec 22 Mr. Chris Mckellar   United Kingdom Sharks are to important to let perish
8,549 6:03 am PST, Dec 20 Mr. Michael Beasley   Australia  
8,548 5:44 am PST, Dec 19 Ms. Kristin Otto   United States Minor Outlying Islands  
8,547 4:37 am PST, Dec 19 Ms. heidi wollum   Sweden  
8,546 8:53 pm PST, Dec 17   Katie Szczepanski New Jersey United States  
8,545 10:18 am PST, Dec 15 Ms. Rio Samos Texas United States  
8,544 6:16 pm PST, Dec 14 Mr. Kristian Christiansen Utah United States Sharks are one of the most important animals in the ocean's ecosystem. When they dwindle the largest ecosystem on the planet suffers. Shark finning is not only cruel, it is one of the most irresponsible and ecologically damaging fishing practice today.
8,543 10:33 am PST, Dec 14 Mrs. Natalia Drobko   Ukraine  
8,542 8:26 pm PST, Dec 11 Mrs. ginamarie Colorio Minnesota United States  
8,541 6:05 pm PST, Dec 11   Stacy Geraghty   Canada  
8,540 2:08 pm PST, Dec 11 Mrs. Molly Greger   Norway  
8,539 10:34 am PST, Dec 11   Örjan Åkerborg   Sweden  
8,538 1:47 pm PST, Dec 10 Ms. Katarina Björkqvist   Finland BAN IT!!! BAN IT!! BAN IT!! BAN IT!!!
8,537 1:43 am PST, Dec 10 Mrs. Sara Collis   Australia  
8,536 6:06 pm PST, Dec 9   Alison Cormack   Canada This is terrible! not only is the shark being finned for no reason other then people greed, they are dying a long and painful death because of it.
8,535 5:18 pm PST, Dec 9 Ms. Adriana Readinger   Venezuela  
8,534 1:17 pm PST, Dec 9 Ms. Maxine Holloway   United Kingdom  
8,533 10:11 am PST, Dec 9 Ms. Aimee Osmulski Florida United States Oh, if the tables were turned!!
8,532 3:20 pm PST, Dec 8 Ms. SHANNON BURNSIDE   Canada  
8,531 3:02 pm PST, Dec 8 Ms. Tina Amiri   Canada  
8,530 3:36 am PST, Dec 8 Ms. Ingeborg Kooiman   Netherlands  
8,529 6:25 pm PST, Dec 7 Mr. Mason Rauch Arizona United States  
8,528 6:34 am PST, Dec 7   Anonymous   Sweden  
8,527 12:05 pm PST, Dec 6 Ms. Justine Schultes   Canada  
8,526 1:08 am PST, Dec 6   Anonymous   Sweden  
8,525 2:08 pm PST, Dec 5 Ms. Jessica Magnusson   Sweden Such majestic animals are being exterminated because of our greed, fear and ignorance; this must stop!
8,524 10:42 am PST, Dec 5 Mr. Mitchell Roush West Virginia United States  
8,523 9:50 pm PST, Dec 4 Ms. Kayla Tait   Canada  
8,522 10:15 am PST, Dec 4   Carina Lindal   Norway  
8,521 8:50 am PST, Dec 4 Ms. Anna Gunn Tennessee United States  
8,520 4:30 pm PST, Dec 3 Ms. Anonymous   Canada  
8,519 1:48 pm PST, Dec 3 Ms. ragni torvanger   Norway  
8,518 1:30 pm PST, Dec 3   Anonymous   Canada A creature that has been around for millions of years shouldn't be wiped out by our greed.
8,517 11:39 am PST, Dec 3   Theresa MacKenzie   Canada Please ban the importing of shark fins in Canada. Sharks are beautiflu creatures who are of utmost importance to our ecosystem. They are killed inhumanely and unnecessarily.
8,516 2:08 pm PST, Dec 1   Carmen CV   Canada Stop
8,515 2:04 pm PST, Dec 1 Ms. Tianna Tanaka   Canada  
8,514 2:03 pm PST, Dec 1   Jacob Movold   Canada  
8,513 2:03 pm PST, Dec 1   Anonymous   Canada STOP THE FISHING MEANEES FORM FINNTNG THE CUTE SHARKS!!!!!!!
8,512 2:02 pm PST, Dec 1 Mr. Robin Smrz   Canada Shark finning is cruel and should be banned in every single country in the world as soon as insanely possible. And shark finning people should drop dead.
8,511 1:56 pm PST, Dec 1   Melissa Tranter   Canada Our class watched sharkwater the other day and half the class was almost crying. shark finning is terrible
8,510 12:18 pm PST, Dec 1 Ms. Vanditta Diwakar   Fiji  
8,509 2:44 pm PST, Nov 30 Mr. Immo A. Inkinen   Finland  
8,508 7:26 am PST, Nov 30   Steve Onisto   Canada I want my children to dive with sharks and know that these magnificant creatures still exist in our waters. They play an important role in the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem. Without them, the oceans will die... We need to change attitudes in the minds of people that sharks are needed and critical to our survival as well... We need to educate people so that cultural norms can be altered and give the species a fighting chance.
8,507 11:18 pm PST, Nov 29 Ms. Brittany Dolan New York United States  
8,506 11:05 pm PST, Nov 29 Mr. Mark Thomson   Canada This is crucial, not just for the sake of sharks, but for our oceanic ecosystems, upon which we all depend. Act now and stop being influenced by monetary concerns. The human economy will survive and recover. The sharks, however, will likely not survive much longer if we continue slaughtering them at this rate. A global ban is needed urgently.
8,505 10:23 pm PST, Nov 29 Mr. Brian Yannutz Hawaii United States  
8,504 2:27 am PST, Nov 28   ingrid jouette-nagati   United Arab Emirates  
8,503 6:11 pm PST, Nov 27   Daryl Reimer   Canada  
8,502 2:00 pm PST, Nov 27 Mr. D Scott Arkansas United States Please take whatever political and moral actions necessary to stop these atrocities to the creatures of Yahweh.
8,501 5:26 pm PST, Nov 26 Ms. Anonymous Arizona United States  

Establish a Global Ban on Shark Finning.

Petition Target: Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General

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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