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Free Shark Held Captive in Tiny Aquarium ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, environment, protection, suffering )

Cher
- 115 days ago - forcechange.com
Big John, an approximately six-foot-long sand tiger shark, is inhumanly being held in a small aquarium in the Ukrainian capital's newest mall. The shark's scratched nose is proof that the tank is too small; it cannot turn around in its tank comfortably
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Gran Pat (329)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 6:04 am
TY, Cher. Done.
 

Erin R. (125)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 6:07 am
done
 

Birgitta S. (147)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 6:26 am
done TY
 

Vicki P. (132)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 6:52 am
Signed wth thanks
 

Penny AWAY FOR A WHILE (97)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 7:13 am
Done.
 

Nyack Clancy (1667)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 7:35 am
Your signature has been recorded.
 

Duane B. (164)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 8:06 am
Signed and Noted.
 

Joe R. (157)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 8:11 am
Thanks Cher. Signed and noted.
 

Carol H. (215)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 8:41 am
signed and noted
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:01 am
Noted and signed. Thanks, Cher.
 

Toni A. (189)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:02 am
Totally horrible. S&N
 

Sue H. (8)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:10 am
Noted and signed, thanks.
 

naomi cohen (115)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:17 am
thank you, cher. signed.
 

DORIS L. (57)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 10:00 am
Signed.
 

Julie E. (203)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:31 am
An aquarium cracked open at a mall not to long ago. Another situation that could happen. This is so sad for the shark. He needs to go home in the ocean where he belongs.
 

Thomas P. (330)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:36 am
Noted and signed...thanks Cher
 

Cheriann P. (12)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 12:05 pm
Noted and signed. L♥ve ☮ Peace.
 

Rosa mc (47)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 12:09 pm
Signed and noted
 

Gloria picchetti (205)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 12:20 pm
Signed.
 

Ioannes J. (1)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 12:23 pm
Is sand tiger shark in close endanger of extinction under International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List and Queensland's Natural Conservation act.

Are mall trying to protect species from becoming extinction? Was sand tiger shark injuries during a rescue from boat? Lots of un-answers question on why is there beside exhibit to visitor.

To protect species, mall nearly need bigger tank to hold.
 

Kye J. (41)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 12:51 pm
Signed
 

Henrik Thorsen (19)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:13 pm
Signed.
 

Ruth M. (129)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:14 pm
signed & noted
 

Hugo L. (134)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:18 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks Cher!
 

faith v. (12)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:29 pm
Seen and signed.
 

Dianne D. (419)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:33 pm
signed
 

Sergio Padilla (49)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:37 pm
Done!
 

Muriel Servaege (16)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:37 pm
TY, Cher, signed. How cruel, once again!
 

Kathleen R. (20)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:46 pm
signed & noted
 

Mary M. (19)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 1:48 pm
done
 

Allan Yorkowitz (183)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 2:10 pm
signed-thanks
 

Nelson Baker (0)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 2:11 pm
Signed
 

Lisa Neste (525)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 3:14 pm
Your signature has been recorded.
 

Michela M. (2979)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 3:30 pm

S&N
 

Charlene Rush (14)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 3:34 pm
As Moses would have surely, said,
'Let my sharks go'.
 

Mariette G. (134)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 3:35 pm
Signed, thanks Cher!
 

Sandy G. (35)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 5:15 pm
Signed.
 

Ana Fontan (13)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 5:36 pm
Signed and noted, thank you Cher!
 

Colleen L. (2)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 7:11 pm
Petition signed. Hope they get back into the big ocean areas that they belong. Thanks Cher
 

Winn Adams (79)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 7:46 pm
Signed
 

Sheila D. (18)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 7:59 pm
Noted and signed. Thanks Cher.
 

Susan Allen (92)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 8:44 pm
Signed and shared.
 

janet f. (26)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:06 pm
signed
 

Penny B. (68)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:20 pm
Noted and signed, thanks Cher.
 

Heidi Aubrey (16)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 9:20 pm
Signed and noted.
 

Esther Z. (83)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 10:17 pm
Noted and signed.
 

Leslene Dunn (37)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:10 pm
Signed and noted - bloody shocking to keep this poor animal confined like this.
 

Natasha Salgado (117)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:18 pm
Signred. Sharks should be roaming freely in our open seas and not in some tank.
 

Evelyn B. (63)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:28 pm
Noted and Signed Tks. Cher....
 

Julia R. (242)
Tuesday January 22, 2013, 11:49 pm
Noted, Signed & Shared! Ty Cher.
 

Marie W. (49)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 12:18 am
S&N
 

Ludger W. (67)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:15 am
done
 

Ana Marija Rumbak (190)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:17 am
Done... with hope
Thank you!
 

Michelle Daddy (0)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 2:17 am
Signed!
 

Victoria P. (177)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 2:58 am
Signed.
 

Danuta Watola (955)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 3:28 am
Noted
 

Harshiita Sharma (115)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 3:57 am
done
 

Silvia Gonzalez (26)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:01 am
Done.
 

paul m. (97)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:29 am

Signed...
 

Joy Wong (63)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:33 am
Noted and signed.
 

Jaya Sinha (20)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:41 am
For every action there is a reaction. According to the law of karma, if we cause pain and suffering to other living beings, we must endure pain and suffering in return, both individually and collectively. We reap what we sow, in this life and the next, for nature has her own justice. No one can escape the law of karma.
 

Magda V. (187)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:57 am
n&s thx:)
 

Veerle V. (23)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 5:03 am
Signed, thank you Cher !
 

Emma S. (133)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 5:36 am
Done! Thanks, Cher.
 

Tanya W. (8)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 5:40 am
Noted and signed.
 

Ruth S. (286)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 5:54 am
Signed
 

deb s. (131)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 6:10 am
would you like living in cramped area? consider this and feel the lonely cramped life of this shark or any animal to live in unnatural conditions please help with signing and petition
 

Helen A. (59)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 6:22 am
noted + signed
 

Unnikrishnan Sasidharan (31)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 6:35 am
S+N
 

Genoveva M. (243)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 6:58 am
Done, Thanks
 

Gudrun D. (306)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 7:11 am
Signed - thanks Cher.
 

paula eaton (16)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 7:28 am
Signed. Free this poor shark. Lock up the captors in a closet so they know what it is like.
 

Jaime A. (5)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 7:48 am
Done.!!
 

Lilo Prinz (23)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:02 am
signed!
 

Pamela W. (54)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:13 am
Signed and noted - thanks for the forward Ruth !!
 

katarzyna phillips (6)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:16 am
signed and noted. i don't see why there's a need to have such a large 'fish' in a mall, simply as it's called 'ocean plaza'. why not have regular sized fish instead and make it more appealing to look at and let the shark go to a better home?!
 

Veronique L. (171)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:23 am
Signed!
 

Sheila Stevens (47)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:45 am
I think a boycott of the mall is a great idea. Obviously you can't reach these people with an appeal to their humanity...apparently they have none. So hit 'em in the pocketbook! That should wake them up! Free Big John!
 

Amy E. (57)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:47 am
n/s
 

Carol Bischoff (50)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 9:12 am
S & N
 

Valerie H. (126)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 9:36 am
Thank you, signed
 

Past Member (0)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 10:10 am
That is so cruel...signed
 

Dan S. (9)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 10:40 am
Signed. Thanks Cher!
 

Lynne B. (0)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 10:59 am
Signed
 

Jane H. (125)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 12:07 pm
noted and signed ty
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:07 pm
S&N
 

Beatriz Blauth (3)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:21 pm
Signed!!!!
 

Joan Mcallister (220)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:24 pm
Signed & Noted. Thanks Cher
 

Judy C. (106)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:26 pm
The poor shark. Signed. Thanks, Cher.
 

Bruno Moreira (59)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:37 pm
sadly noted
 

marlene b. (6)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:42 pm
signed and shared
 

Edgar Zuim (38)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:43 pm
Signed.
 

Kimberly B. (107)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 1:56 pm
Signed, shared and noted, thank you Cher.
 

Natalie V. (22)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 2:53 pm
noted & signed
 

Aaron Bouchard (10)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 4:30 pm
Signed and noted thanks
 

Tal H. (8)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 5:05 pm
signed!!!!!!
 

Christine Stewart (100)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 6:31 pm
Signed!
 

LMj Sunshine (87)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 7:11 pm
TY!!
 

Fran F. (98)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 7:53 pm
The poor shark belongs in the ocean, not in a tank! Signed and noted, thanks, Cher.
 

Tammy Taylor (14)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 8:36 pm
This poor animal ... in the wild would swim up to 100 miles a day, this is nothing but a cruel injustice ...
 

Diana N. (2)
Wednesday January 23, 2013, 11:21 pm
I hope the petition helps and this beautiful shark will be set free!
 

Faye Swan (15)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 1:01 am
Signed & noted - thank you!
 

Andrea Nemec (193)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 1:54 am
Noted and signed! Thanks!
 

Arild Warud (112)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 2:10 am
Signed,TY Cher.
 

maggie m. (11)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 4:25 am
signed, thanks
 

SANDRA R. (140)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 6:17 am
Noted and signed. Thank you Cher.
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 7:18 am
Signed
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 7:18 am
Signed
 

Anna Jarczynska (37)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 8:12 am
N&S.TY!!!
 

Liliana D. (112)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 11:46 am
done, thanks
 

Malgorzata Zmuda (23)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 12:04 pm
podpisane
 

Rose NoFWDSPLZ (225)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 1:55 pm
signed Cher
 

Tal H. (8)
Thursday January 24, 2013, 4:12 pm
signed!!
 

Trish K. (92)
Friday January 25, 2013, 3:06 pm
Very sad.
 

Michael Holland (3)
Friday January 25, 2013, 4:08 pm
Signed and noted
 

Marilyn M. (130)
Friday January 25, 2013, 4:15 pm
Noted and signed. Thank you, Cher.
 

Marcia Shiel (2)
Friday January 25, 2013, 8:28 pm
while the petition asks for a larger tank i really feel the shark should be released back to where it was captured Sharks travel MILES EVERY DAY !! A lousy tank is cruel and condemns the creature to a life of hell
 

Amy E. (57)
Friday January 25, 2013, 9:26 pm
N/s
 

Betty Kelly (0)
Friday January 25, 2013, 11:37 pm
Another example of stupit,greedy people abusing animals. I hope someone has the power to free this shark and wish I had the power because I surely would.
 

Wendy F. (18)
Saturday January 26, 2013, 3:05 pm
Signed
 

Linda Jarsky (0)
Saturday January 26, 2013, 8:31 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. is quoted as saying, “Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
 

Joy Mcronald (69)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 4:59 am
Nioted Thanks
 

Laurie S. (33)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 7:35 am
Your signature has been recorded. Please tell your friends:

 

Barbara Erdman (63)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 8:12 am
N & S Cher :-0Tnx
 

Karin de Vos (0)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 2:03 pm
Poor Old John. Signed.
 

Jinny L. (22)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 2:48 pm
Action completed. Let this guy go back where he belongs. Thanks Cher!
 

Don Schwarz (3)
Sunday January 27, 2013, 4:40 pm
I stand with Linda Jarsky:
Martin Luther King Jr. is quoted as saying, “Never, never be afraid to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way.”
How can humanity be so noble and so cruel?
 

federico bortoletto (19)
Sunday February 3, 2013, 5:46 am
Notato,firmato e condiviso. Grazie cher.
 

Yvonne F. (91)
Saturday February 9, 2013, 7:01 am
Horrible!! So signed!!! Thanks Cher
 

Dianne D. (419)
Monday February 18, 2013, 6:30 pm
signed
 
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