Petition updateCancel Shark Hunters - Stop Supporting the Killing of Sharks.@gotomeeting @Citrix say #cancelsharkhunters, @NBCSN Responds

Andrew MillsBradenton, FL, United States
Aug 29, 2014
First off we do not know what happened to yesterdays update announcing Clorox/Kingsford saying NO, it seemed to get stuck and never got sent so here is a link. https://www.change.org/p/nbc-nbcsn-cancel-sharkhunters-sharks/u/7987835
Another company says no, we heard directly from the COO of Citrix (owner of GoToMeeting).
“We understand your concern and appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. After looking into the details, we confirmed that our team was made aware of the programming and had already directed our ad agency to pull all spots from this program as of 8/12. In this case, we had purchased our advertising through an overall package with NBC Sports and had not selected individual shows.
With major offices located on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, supporting the environment and our local ecosystems is important to our team as well as our corporate culture.”
Please tweet you thanks (http://goo.gl/8QIHYb) , or post to their FB page (http://goo.gl/ecZoHp) here.
NBC’s Chairman, Mark Lazurus had his PR department respond. You can see the email here and our response here http://goo.gl/azhmTl. In summation:
• No we are not canceling
• We compare the tagging efforts to Ocearch & Great White
• Shark fishing is cultural and has been going on for a while so it is ok (sound like the Chinese supporters of Shark Fin Soup anyone?)
• Tagging the released sharks justifies the competitions (note 78% die anyway due to injuries)
• Food is donated to food pantries (Great! We are feeding the needy with mercury laced and BMAA laced meat)
A couple more fun company tweets:
NEW - Geico – Stop acting like cavemen: http://goo.gl/CQokEo
Vistaprint #MakeAnImpression: http://goo.gl/KBs2u8
Subway - Get on the train: http://goo.gl/1TnHKq
Priceline – Name you Price of Extinction: http://goo.gl/i41Z6e
Subway CEO: http://goo.gl/LbHA6W
ICYHOT – Making the planet that way?: http://goo.gl/jDc8xc
K&N Filters - Accelerating Extinction: http://goo.gl/iIXp4F
Please share and encourage one person to sign. Tweet here http://goo.gl/ykKyNZ or share the petition on FB here http://goo.gl/D3T64a. Maybe when we get to 100k NBC will finally listen vs. fob us off.
Thank you for your consistent work to help bring change.
AJ
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CancelSharkHunt
FB: https://www.facebook.com/CancelNBCSharkHunters
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