- Signatures: 8,474
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,493 | 4:51 pm PST, Nov 20 | Anonymous | Canada | Identify establishments that serve shark fin soup in your area, and boycott. tell them why. yahoo owns 30% of alibaba, the ebay in China, where shark fin trades daily. switch servers, and tell yahoo why. | ||
| 8,492 | 2:17 pm PST, Nov 19 | Ms. | helena rose | Australia | they are the most beautiful beasts, it is just crulty what they are doing. | |
| 8,491 | 1:46 pm PST, Nov 19 | Mr. | Dougie Gerhardt | United Kingdom | Countries providing shark fins to the ignorant Taiwanese consumers should have sanctions against them. Shark fin traffic is the same as cocaine and should be enforced as. | |
| 8,490 | 10:34 am PST, Nov 19 | Mr. | Walter Weese | Germany | ||
| 8,489 | 4:58 am PST, Nov 19 | Thomas Zinnecker | Germany | sharks are important for balance on the reefs. without sharks the coral reefs will die out, stop killing them, now. | ||
| 8,488 | 11:02 am PST, Nov 18 | Courtney W | Canada | |||
| 8,487 | 8:02 am PST, Nov 18 | Linn Axdal-Solli | Norway | |||
| 8,485 | 7:20 am PST, Nov 18 | Mathias Stabell | Norway | I really hope this will end as soon as possible! Sharks are wonderful creatures, and they're gracious underwater! | ||
| 8,484 | 11:56 pm PST, Nov 17 | Mrs. | Marianne Jensen | Norway | ||
| 8,483 | 11:51 am PST, Nov 17 | Mrs. | camelia median | Norway | ||
| 8,482 | 8:36 am PST, Nov 17 | Anonymous | Norway | |||
| 8,481 | 5:06 am PST, Nov 17 | stephen white | Norway | sharks are important for balance on the reefs. without sharks the coral reefs will die out | ||
| 8,480 | 10:35 pm PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Andrew Gatza | Wisconsin | United States | In every possible way i support the ban on shark finning, these ancient fish must be perserved from extinction. |
| 8,479 | 1:41 pm PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | idar tanemsmo | Norway | ||
| 8,478 | 11:30 am PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Kenneth Flåten | Norway | ||
| 8,477 | 6:50 am PST, Nov 16 | Dr. Iver Loennecken | Germany | No finning! | ||
| 8,476 | 6:31 am PST, Nov 16 | André Eriksen | Norway | |||
| 8,475 | 5:35 am PST, Nov 16 | Andreas Rosland | Norway | |||
| 8,474 | 3:34 am PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Arve Solli | Norway | ||
| 8,473 | 12:39 am PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Vegard Stoveland | Norway | ||
| 8,472 | 12:30 am PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Magnus Wiedmann | Norway | ||
| 8,471 | 12:26 am PST, Nov 16 | Mr. | Ivar Aarrestad | Norway | ||
| 8,470 | 10:23 pm PST, Nov 15 | Ms. | Jennifer Saunders | Canada | Shark finning is one of the most abhorrent atrocities taking place on this planet, and the fact that most governments have done nothing at all about is is truly despicable. When are governments going to start caring more about living creatures, and their essential role in our world ecosystem, than about corporations and money? | |
| 8,469 | 4:29 pm PST, Nov 15 | Ms. | Anne Grønning | Norway | ||
| 8,468 | 4:19 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Christer Andresen | Norway | ||
| 8,467 | 3:53 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Asbjørn Orheim Stoveland | Norway | Ban shark-fin soup today! | |
| 8,466 | 3:51 pm PST, Nov 15 | Anonymous | Norway | |||
| 8,465 | 3:04 pm PST, Nov 15 | Bjørn Opperud | Norway | |||
| 8,464 | 2:53 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Anonymous | Norway | Stop shak finning! | |
| 8,463 | 2:47 pm PST, Nov 15 | Rajaa Renate Gunnarson | Norway | |||
| 8,462 | 2:43 pm PST, Nov 15 | Erik Sevaldsen | Norway | |||
| 8,461 | 2:40 pm PST, Nov 15 | Martin Baade Karlsson | Norway | |||
| 8,460 | 2:09 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | kacper rybakiewicz | Norway | ||
| 8,459 | 1:19 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Peter Skogsrud | Norway | ||
| 8,458 | 1:09 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Gunnar Hovland | Norway | ||
| 8,457 | 1:08 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Jostein Jensen | Norway | ||
| 8,456 | 12:43 pm PST, Nov 15 | Mrs. | Kathrine Woie | Norway | ||
| 8,455 | 11:54 am PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | kenneth ulevik | Norway | This is pure evil | |
| 8,454 | 10:55 am PST, Nov 15 | Ms. | alysia chayka | Canada | Shark finning is by far one of the most sadistic practices. Seriously, every single living creature in life has a very distinct and important purpose. The interfering in natures processes through the systematic and savage removal of entire species will have severe, negative ramifications in various facets of our environment, and therefore our lives. Thinking otherwise, or lack there of, is sheer ignorance. We cannot be so nearsighted that we only see the impending dollar sign and not the long term effect of our actions. | |
| 8,453 | 10:54 am PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Gunnar André | Norway | It has to stop now !! | |
| 8,452 | 10:48 am PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Even Gjerde Nordstrøm | Norway | ||
| 8,451 | 10:29 am PST, Nov 15 | Mr. | Remi Alexander Kronstad | Norway |
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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