Fresh shark fins drying on sidewalk at Hong Kong (Photo credit: Wikipedia)No, not sharks attacking people, but people attacking sharks.
In order to respond to the expansion of wealth in China, boats have been out seeking the desired shark fin for the soup to be offered to the rich and famous.
Boats are fishing in Costa Rican waters...catching sharks in their nets, cutting off the fins and dumping the mutilated sharks back in the water....to drown slowly and painfully.
Costa Rica has laws forbidding the practice...but money talks, as in any country, and the trade continues.
Avaaz is now offering a facility by which one can start a petition..get enough signatures and Avaaz, with all its fire power, will take it on
Here is a link to the petition I have submitted
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_trade_in_shark_fins_in_Costa_Rica/?launch
Will you please sign up, send on the message....try to stop this cruelty.
In order to respond to the expansion of wealth in China, boats have been out seeking the desired shark fin for the soup to be offered to the rich and famous.
Boats are fishing in Costa Rican waters...catching sharks in their nets, cutting off the fins and dumping the mutilated sharks back in the water....to drown slowly and painfully.
Costa Rica has laws forbidding the practice...but money talks, as in any country, and the trade continues.
Avaaz is now offering a facility by which one can start a petition..get enough signatures and Avaaz, with all its fire power, will take it on
Here is a link to the petition I have submitted
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_trade_in_shark_fins_in_Costa_Rica/?launch
Will you please sign up, send on the message....try to stop this cruelty.
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ReplyDeleteThis we find utterly depressing. Is there no end to man's, and woman's, greed and desire to abuse the planet. Increasingly our faith in all government action where the environment is concerned diminishes, almost by the day if not the hour.
And it is so depressing when judges and law enforcement officers are let down by corruption in higher places...
DeleteI have signed and spread the word through Twitter and Facebook. I hope your petition catches on.
ReplyDeleteThank you...so do I...I'm not good at social networking..
DeleteAlready heading over to sign...
ReplyDeleteMuch appreciated.
DeleteThis is one of the times i wish i was a mega blogger.
Signed and circulated.
ReplyDeleteGood work, Fly.
Many thanks.
ReplyDeleteDone. As a diver, I've always been told (and didn't really NEED telling) that protecting marine life and the marine environment was paramount. And that's what I've always tried to do. This sickens me.
ReplyDeleteThank you...and if you could pass it on I'd be most grateful.
DeleteThat is really distressing, though sadly not surprising. I'll go check out the link.
ReplyDeleteDreadful, isn't it, that something so appalling is not surprising.
DeleteMy oldest friend has been publicising this through Facebook for a year, it's absolutely horriffic.
ReplyDeleteYes indeed. I've posted about it before but this Avaarz opportunity seemed too good to miss.
DeleteStill, when you see young people in Hong Kong petitioning their 'overlord'to ban shark fin soup at official banquets it makes you think there's hope.
It is amazing some of the things that are going on in the world without us knowing. This sounds barbaric. I'll have a look at the petition.
ReplyDeleteThat's most kind of you...and do spread the word if you can.
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