Stop Shark Fin Soup

Stop Shark Fin Soup

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Shark Fin Soup. A cruel meal.
Fisherman will catch sharks, cut off their fins, and throw them back into the water to die just for their fins to create this soup. They do not even use the rest of the meat.
Sharks are the top predetors of the ocean. Right underneath the Killer Whale they are at the top of the Ocean Food Chain. They have been surviving in this world before the dinosaurs. That's 380 million yrs. But if we continue to kill them at the rate we do they will soon become extinct. We kill about 100 million sharks each yr.
We need sharks. If they go extinct the ocean will soon die and we need the ocean to survive. 80% of our oxygen comes from the ocean. If the sharks die we will die. If we save these sharks we are helping save our own species.
This Petition is targeted to at least one Restaurant. But I will send these signitures off to other Restaurants that sell shark fin soup.

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Bob PackerPetition StarterI was born in Barbados which is a small island in the caribbean. This is where I spent endless hours growing up around the beach. My days were spent mostly Surfing, but nearly every day revolved around the ocean. When I was younger I did not pay much attention to the changes taking place before my eyes that are so apparent today. I have witnessed entire reefs along stretches of beach simply die and disappear over the years. Along with the reefs went the fish and sea life that was so plentiful. I am convinced that Global Warming is the cause and we need to do something about it NOW before it's too late. Our future generations need us to step up and make significant changes all over the world otherwise they will be the one's to loose out.
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The Issue

 
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/stop-shark-fin-soup

Shark Fin Soup. A cruel meal.
Fisherman will catch sharks, cut off their fins, and throw them back into the water to die just for their fins to create this soup. They do not even use the rest of the meat.
Sharks are the top predetors of the ocean. Right underneath the Killer Whale they are at the top of the Ocean Food Chain. They have been surviving in this world before the dinosaurs. That's 380 million yrs. But if we continue to kill them at the rate we do they will soon become extinct. We kill about 100 million sharks each yr.
We need sharks. If they go extinct the ocean will soon die and we need the ocean to survive. 80% of our oxygen comes from the ocean. If the sharks die we will die. If we save these sharks we are helping save our own species.
This Petition is targeted to at least one Restaurant. But I will send these signitures off to other Restaurants that sell shark fin soup.

avatar of the starter
Bob PackerPetition StarterI was born in Barbados which is a small island in the caribbean. This is where I spent endless hours growing up around the beach. My days were spent mostly Surfing, but nearly every day revolved around the ocean. When I was younger I did not pay much attention to the changes taking place before my eyes that are so apparent today. I have witnessed entire reefs along stretches of beach simply die and disappear over the years. Along with the reefs went the fish and sea life that was so plentiful. I am convinced that Global Warming is the cause and we need to do something about it NOW before it's too late. Our future generations need us to step up and make significant changes all over the world otherwise they will be the one's to loose out.
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Petition created on November 28, 2008