I just had to write a quick post about this documentary called Sharkwater. Cam and I watched it last night causing me to feel sick to my stomach and loss of sleep. I honestly had no idea what people were doing out there to catch sharks, cut their fins off and then throw them back. A tail fin from a whale shark is worth $10,000!!! People in China think that sharks never get sick so they want to eat their fins, even though they don't taste like anything!!!
100 MILLION SHARKS ARE KILLED EACH YEAR
If you enjoy the oxygen you breath then do something...
Here is a brief list of things you can do to help sharks:
-Dive and snorkel with sharks. The more money that goes into shark tourism the more people will realize the value of living sharks.
-Refuse to eat shark fin soup and don't eat at restaurants that serve it.Encourage others to do the same.
-Seventeen countries have already banned shark finning. Find out if your country is one of them. If not, write your local government official asking them to ban shark finning.
-Demand that your country also stop the importation of shark fins.
-Start a letter writing campaign to the Secretary General of the UN requesting international
bans on shark finning and the importation of fins.
-Keep informed of the issue online at: www.seashepherd.org, www.wildaid.org, www.cocosisland.org, www.sharktrust.org, www.iemanyaoceanica.org, www.tortugamarina.org,
www.savingsharks.com and www.sharkwater.com.
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