We, the undersigned, request that disciplinary action and criminal charges be brought against the five senior high school students responsible for killing a shark and hanging the body in the rafters above a Ponte Vedra High School staircase as a senior prank.

As an animal advocacy organization, we are accustomed to seeing and hearing about execrable crimes carried out upon wildlife. This case is particularly egregious. We are dealing with high school seniors who have a blatant disregard for life and find killing, mutilating, and displaying the body of an animal as "funny" or a "prank" this kind of mentality and behavior deserves to be punished. We must uphold the laws put in place to protect wildlife and hold those who break the law accountable for their actions.

Sharks are keystone species that keep our oceans healthy and balanced. Without them, our underwater ecosystems would collapse. They deserve our respect. Please prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law.

IN THE NEWS
News4JAX - Petition seeks criminal charges against students who hung dead shark from rafters at Ponte Vedra High.
Video Interview with the founder of OneProtest, Adam Sugalski.

Action News JAX - Dead shark found hanging at Ponte Vedra High School.
Video Interview with the founder of OneProtest, Adam Sugalski.

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