Fw: Help stop cruel shark finning -- act by October 10th!

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" Humane Society International "

 

Act now to stop the cruel practice of shark finning. The deadline for

comments is October 10th!

 

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Help stop the cruel practice of shark finning.

 

Send your comments to NOAA today.

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_noaa_shark_finning

 

In addition to being beautiful animals, sharks are essential to the marine

ecosystem. However, their survival is threatened by the cruel and wasteful

practice of shark finning.

 

Every year in oceans around the world, tens of millions of sharks have their

fins brutally cut off often while they are still alive and fully conscious.

They are then thrown back into the water to endure a painful death from

suffocation, blood loss, or predation by other species.

 

Humane Society International is calling for a global ban on shark finning.

We are lobbying for national and international policies that outlaw the

removal of shark fins at sea -- by far the clearest and most effective

policy approach to halting shark finning.

 

Fortunately the United States government has proposed new regulations on

shark finning that would help put an end to this cruel practice in Atlantic

fisheries. Comments are due October 10th -- please act now!

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_noaa_shark_finning

 

Please write to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

and urge the agency to ensure that Amendment 2 to the Highly Migratory

Species Fishery Management Plan includes a requirement that all Atlantic

shark fisheries land sharks with their fins attached to their bodies.

 

We cannot stand by and allow these ancient, remark able animals to

disappear, or to suffer agonizing deaths so a few can profit from their fins

(commonly used in shark fin soup). Please take action today.

 

https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_noaa_shark_finning