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TAKE ACTION NOW! Stop Shark Finning Everywhere
Animals  (tags: endangered, animalwelfare, animals, sharks, activism, protection, animaladvocates, animalrights, cruelty )

Cal
- 18 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Behind the soup, many species of sharks are going into the endangered list every day because of their fins
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Praise New York Senate for Passing Shark Fin Ban
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, sharks, protection, humans, environment, endangered, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 52 days ago - forcechange.com
I would like to commend you for unanimously approving a ban on the shark fin trade. The proposed bill prohibits the possession, sale, and trade of shark fins in New York
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Applaud New Rules to Protect Endangered Sharks
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, sharks, protection, humans, environment, endangered, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 94 days ago - forcechange.com
Applaud a recent decision to upgrade the protected status of three endangered shark species
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International Shark Trade to Be Regulated
Animals  (tags: wildlife trade, sharks, protection, humans, environment, endangered, animalrights, animalwelfare, animals, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 95 days ago - mnn.com
Oceanic whitetip sharks, porbeagle sharks, scalloped hammerheads, great hammerheads and smooth hammerheads are set to get new protections.
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On a Mission for the Sharks of Sudan
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, habitat, goodnews, sharks, protection )

Cal
- 116 days ago - theecologist.org
During a recent four-week mission to the Dungonab Bay Marine Park a group of scientists completed the first phase of a major conservation project to protect one of the ocean's most endangered species.
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ACTION ALERT: Fight The Shark Fin Trade! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: sharks, endangered, oceans, survival, laws, shark fin trade, cruelty, suffering )

Simone
- 128 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Shark finning kills millions of sharks every year. Help us get international support to stop this unsustainable trade! This March, the UN body responsible for regulating the global trade in endangered species will consider proposals to regulate trade
34 comments
Fight the Shark Fin Trade. Take Action!
Animals  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animalcruelty, suffering, wildlife, sharks )

Nicole
- 128 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
Please urge the Panamanian government to support an Appendix II listing for oceanic whitetips, porbeagles and hammerheads. Please sign!
113 comments
Great White Shark Proposed for Endangered Listing in California
Animals  (tags: protection, rays, sharks, endangered, humans, wildlife trade, killed, death, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animals, animaladvocates )

Cal
- 130 days ago - reuters.com
The California Fish and Game Commission voted on Wednesday to recommend protection of the great white shark, the world's largest predatory fish, in waters along the Pacific Coast....
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Give Sharks a Break! PLEASE SIGN!
Animals  (tags: sharks, animals, conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, wildlife, Sustainabililty, nature, oceans, animalrights, animalcruelty, suffering, protection, extinction, cruelty, habitat )

Sergio
- 130 days ago - act.oceana.org
Act now to ask the National Marine Fisheries Service to adopt Amendment 5 to help migratory sharks regain their numbers.
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Saving Manta Rays From the Fin Trade
Animals  (tags: protection, rays, sharks, endangered, humans, wildlife trade, killed, death, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animals, animaladvocates )

Cal
- 153 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Tens of millions of sharks and rays are killed each year to meet demand for shark fin, a delicacy across East Asia. A new film, Manta Ray of Hope, aims to change that.
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Great White Sharks May Warrant Listing as 'Threatened'
Animals  (tags: animalrights, animaladvocates, animalwelfare, sharks, animals, endangered, protection, humans )

Cal
- 153 days ago - latimes.com
State fish and wildlife officials, although deeply skeptical about low numbers of great white sharks off the Pacific Coast, determined that there was sufficient scientific information to warrant a full review on whether the feared, toothy creature should
10 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell President Obama and the Chinese Government--Say No to Hong Kong's Shark Finning Abuses
Animals  (tags: killing, protection, sharks, shark fining, animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, suffering, killed, humans, cruelty, animalcruelty, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, slaughter )

Cal
- 161 days ago - petitions.whitehouse.gov
Shark fins are being laid out by the thousands on top of Hong Kong Rooftops as a regular industry practice.are asking the Obama Administration to speak out against this horrible practice, and demand China take the necessary steps to curb its shark finni
61 comments
Alarming Sight: Thousands of Shark Fins Drying on Hong Kong Rooftop
Animals  (tags: shark fins, sharks, investing, money, dishonesty, business, news, marketing, wildlife, wildanimals, sadness, slaughter, suffering, humans, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, cruelty, death, animaladvocates )

Dianne Ly
- 162 days ago - grindtv.com
The number of shark fins set out to dry like the morning laundry on a Hong Kong factory building rooftop is staggering. To look at the accompanying images and video, revealing perhaps 10,000 fins, and to make soup.
19 comments
TAKE ACTION NOW! Great White Sharks Are in Danger
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, sharks, Great White Sharks, endangered, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 181 days ago - act.oceana.org
Help the US West Coast great whites get the protection they need. Sign TODAY to support listing great white sharks under the Endangered Species Act.
44 comments
The Cook Islands Creates the World's Largest Shark Sanctuary
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, animals, animaladvocates, sharks, protection, humans, goodnews, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 182 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The Cook Islands has approved a shark sanctuary in its waters, making for the largest such sanctuary in the world
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