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Pass the Shark Conservation Act Today!
Target: Senators from North Carolina and Virginia
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
Fishing interests in Virginia and North Carolina are lobbying to exempt certain sharks from a law designed to ban the cruel practice of shark finning. We need your help to stop them!
An estimated 73 million sharks around the world are killed every year primarily for their fins, which are used in the Asian delicacy shark fin soup. Too often, fishermen slice off the valuable fins and discard the bodies at sea.
The Shark Conservation Act, introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA), would ban removal of shark fins at sea, close other loopholes in the current U.S. shark finning law and promote the conservation of sharks internationally.
The time for action is running out. Please let your Senator know that passing the Shark Conservation Act is a priority -- with no exceptions.
An estimated 73 million sharks around the world are killed every year primarily for their fins, which are used in the Asian delicacy shark fin soup. Too often, fishermen slice off the valuable fins and discard the bodies at sea.
The Shark Conservation Act, introduced by Senator John Kerry (D-MA), would ban removal of shark fins at sea, close other loopholes in the current U.S. shark finning law and promote the conservation of sharks internationally.
The time for action is running out. Please let your Senator know that passing the Shark Conservation Act is a priority -- with no exceptions.
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# 1,777:
5:12 pm PST, Feb 9,
Catherine Welch, Virginia
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6:05 pm PST, Jan 21,
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Severine Stockling,, France
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Maya Puerta, France
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Jocelyne HUTH, France
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Jean-damien SUSINI, France
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Alexandra Susini, France
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Elisabeth Karcher, France
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Andrée Hussard, France
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Arnaud Hussard, France
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Mireille Azouzou, France
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Annie Bertrand, France
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11:12 am PST, Jan 12,
Geneviève Pieroni, France
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Debra Leathers, North Carolina
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6:44 pm PST, Dec 14,
Name not displayed, Texas
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6:38 pm PST, Dec 14,
Name not displayed, Texas
Not only does shark finning weaken the entire structure of the oceans, it is a barbaric and completely inhumane practice. Fishermen catch the sharks and cut their fins off, then throwing them back into the ocean. The fin-less sharks sit on the ocean floor, dying a slow and painful death either from blood loss or as a result of being unable to move water through their gills: thus, drowning. Though sharks are disliked and feared by some because they are dangerous creatures, the sharks don't seek out humans to sever their limbs and throw their bodies in the ocean to drown; why should we do the same to them?
Not only does shark finning weaken the entire structure of the oceans, it is a barbaric and completely inhumane practice. Fishermen catch the sharks and cut their fins off, then throwing them back into the ocean. The fin-less sharks sit on the ocean floor, dying a slow and painful death either from blood loss or as a result of being unable to move water through their gills: thus, drowning. Though sharks are disliked and feared by some because they are dangerous creatures, the sharks don't seek out humans to sever their limbs and throw their bodies in the ocean to drown; why should we do the same to them?
# 1,759:
2:24 pm PST, Dec 5,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom
Wake up and stop this before it's too late.
Wake up and stop this before it's too late.
# 1,758:
5:13 am PST, Dec 5,
Denise Kampouris, North Carolina
# 1,757:
8:50 am PST, Dec 4,
Anna Gunn, Tennessee
# 1,755:
2:02 pm PST, Dec 2,
Alaire Comyn, Virginia
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12:12 pm PST, Dec 2,
Shayna Chew, North Carolina
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2:05 pm PST, Dec 1,
Jacob Movold, Canada
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11:48 am PST, Dec 1,
Fenia Yfandi, Greece
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3:50 pm PST, Nov 27,
Brittany Wilkins, North Carolina
We are all aware that sharks are very good predators of the oceans and even if we do not get along with them. it is not reason enough to get rid of them completely because they ensure balance in the ocean's ecosystem so they deserve protection.
We are all aware that sharks are very good predators of the oceans and even if we do not get along with them. it is not reason enough to get rid of them completely because they ensure balance in the ocean's ecosystem so they deserve protection.
