Customs officials in Hong Kong have seized 26 tons of shark fins from an estimated 38,500 sharks classified as vulnerable and protected species — the biggest shipment ever to be intercepted in the region, according to a press release published May 6. This is more than double the amount of all fins seized in 31 […]
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Court Rules Against Shark Culling and Catching in Australia!
The Queensland Government can no longer catch or cull sharks along the Great Barrier Reef, an Australian court ruled. The government lost its appeal to the court, saying it wanted to use nets and drumlines to catch sharks and keep swimmers safe. The Humane Society challenged the program and won. Tourism and animal rights groups […]
Petition: Tour Guide and Tourist Treated Endangered Whale Shark as a Surfboard!
Whale sharks are endangered because of the impact of commercial fisheries. They are often targets but also suffer as by-catch, as many marine animals do. As people tend to do, they exploit these endangered animals. Many tourist spots around the world offer tourists the opportunities to see them or even swim with them. The entire […]
Great White Sharks Vanish From Cape Town And No One Knows Why
Recent evidence suggests that great white sharks have all but vanished from the coast of Cape Town and no one can understand why. As with many other coastal towns, Cape Town has had a long term love/hate relationship with great white sharks. They are the main attraction for South Africa’s shark-diving industry but have also […]
Petition: Ask Congress to Pass the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act!
The survival of sharks is threatened, but they are vital to many ecosystems. Not only do they keep marine ecosystems in check, but they also keep the carbon cycle in motion. One of their biggest threats is the shark fin trade. It’s a terribly cruel practice done to use the fins in shark fin soup, […]
Thousands of sharks and rays are likely entangled in plastic polluting Earth’s oceans
New research finds that thousands of sharks and rays could be entangled in the plastic polluting Earth’s oceans. Scientists at the UK’s University of Exeter examined existing scientific literature and took to Twitter to find documented instances of shark and ray entanglements. They ended up finding reports of more than 1,000 entangled animals — and […]
Petition: Justice for Greenland Shark Whose Tail Was Cut Off by Laughing Fishermen
Sharks are villainized and feared, but they suffer terribly at the hands of humans. Humans killaround 100 to 273 million sharks every year, while sharks killless than 10 people per year. People often argue for shark culling because they want surfers to feel safer in the ocean, but the ocean is the shark’s habitat and […]
Echoes of Jaws as Cape Cod learns to live with rise of the great white shark
When beachgoers arrive at Cahoon Hollow Beach in Wellfleet on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod peninsula, the first thing they see is a large sign displaying a photo of a great white shark. It reads: “WARNING. Great white sharks hunt seals in the shallow water at this beach. People have been seriously injured or killed by sharks […]
