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    1. Ministry of the Presidency (Costa Rican Presidency/Presidencia de Costa Rica)
  2. Created By
    Barbara Fields
    Miami, FL
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Shark slaughter continues in Costa Rica. Taiwanese finning ships now dock illegally, at private facilities, to escape the reach of the law. The act is cruel, inhumaine and misrepresents a country recognized for biodiversity protection.  Learn more by visiting http://www.sharkwater.com

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Ban shark finning and fishing in Costa Rica entirely.

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Costa Rican government..

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Urge Costa Rican government to ban shark finning/fishing in Costa Rica entirely.

Shark finning is the act of slicing off the fin and discarding the living shark back to sea, where it dies a horrible death. The amputated fins are then exported to Asia, where they are used to make an ominous delicacy: shark fin soup (as journalist John Platt calls it, “extinction in a bowl”). Shark slaughter continues in Costa Rica. Taiwanese finning ships now dock illegally, at private facilities, to escape the reach of the law. The act is cruel, inhumaine and misrepresents a country recognized for biodiversity protection.

Learn more about shark finning/fishing by visiting http://www.sharkwater.com
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