Anti-shark finning petitions!

Posted on April 9, 2009 by bansharkfinning

Hey Shark Savers! I hope you have all had a wonderful couple of days 🙂 Mine have been CRAZZZZY!!

If you are looking to help the anti shark finning cause please look into the following anti shark finning petitions, sign one or sign all!! Any and all help is so deeply appreciated!!

Stop Shark Fin Soup!

SOS Save Our Sharks

Stop shark fishing in the Great Barrier Reef

That’s all I have for you now .. I know it’s not terribly detailed, I’ll be adding more depth to my ever growing blog when life slows down a bit 🙂 Thank you all again for your help and support! The Sharks need all they can get!!!!

P.S.

If you’re on Twitter you can find me at http://www.twitter.com/banfinning

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Shark Fin Soup … Still a Delicacy?

Posted on April 6, 2009 by bansharkfinning

It has been a long struggle to reduce the amount of shark’s fin soup served or requested in Asia as well as other places in the world. However, all of the work seems to be paying off. The younger generation in China has become more aware of the environmental impact not only on sharks but other marine life as well. “Global entertainment giant Disney bowed to pressure from animal rights activists and took the delicacy off its menu when it opened Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005.” Just think, not ordering shark’s fin soup for a wedding or in a restaurant can help save millions and millions of lives!

Here are some numbers on the decline of sharks’ fins:

  • 800,000 metric tons of shark fins demanded (1 metric ton = 2204.62 pounds)
  • 20% of shark species are endangered in relation to this demand
  • Reduction of shark fin demand worldwide: 897,000 metric tons in 2003 to 758,000 in 2006

Ralph Jennings and Cheong Kah Shin have done an excellent job in relaying this information in this article, link here.

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Hello world!

Posted on April 6, 2009 by bansharkfinning

Great White fully breaching with prey Hello and a very warm welcome to my blog! You can also visit me on Twitter, twitter.com/banfinning. I will post little blurbs there and slightly more involved items here.

I should hopefully have both up and completely running by this time tomorrow! Everyone can make a difference, you already have just by visiting! Hopefully you will return,  the sharks and I would greatly appreciate it.

A little something to think about until your next visit: Soda machines kill more people in a year than sharks do.

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