Dear Shark Friends,
It’s easy to get petition fatigue these days, but please speak out against this utterly pointless “monster” shark tournament.
The picture says it all.
Sign and share and help this petition get 1,000 signatures.
Many thanks!
Category Archives: Animal Rights
Day 266 3/19/14: California’s Vanishing White Sharks
While I strive for at least some shred of originality in this blog, I wanted to ask again that you sign the gill net petition. Juvenile white sharks are getting caught in these underwater “walls of death” along with dolphins, whales, turtles and countless other species. 15,000 more signatures are needed so please share! 
Day 263 3/16/14: E.O. Wilson on Being Human
Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above all living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.
Day 259 3/12/14: The Hilton Bans Shark Fin!
Starting April 1, Hilton Hotel restaurants across Asia Pacific will no longer serve shark fin! (Thanks Paula!)
Day 257 3/10/14: Stop SeaWorld: Support the Orca Welfare Act!
The USDA has just busted SeaWorld for violating the Animal Welfare Act.
Let’s keep up the momentum created by Blackfish. Remember, as media attention moves elsewhere, the whales are still endlessly swimming in their 20 x 20 tanks. 
PLEASE sign this if you believe it should be illegal to keep orcas in captivity!
Day 249 3/1/14: When Sharks are Gone….
I really like that this piece by Lily Williams addresses the horror of shark finning and its consequences and somehow manages to be playful.
(Thanks for finding this Ani!)
Day 224 2/4/14: 25% of Sharks & Rays Near Extinction
Overfishing. Finning. Sport fishing. Shark culls.
Please take action any way you can. Write letters. Host a viewing party for the documentary “Sharkwater,” organize a fundraiser. Give a lecture. Use the talents & gifts unique to you to make a difference for the oceans and the animals. Their fate is our fate.
Day 216 1/26/14: Urgent Action: Keep Shark Fin Bans Strong!
Maryland is proposing exceptions to the “landed with fins intact” law, weakening existing shark fin bans by allowing fishermen to remove the fins of smoothhound sharks at sea. The smoothhound exception could spell the beginning of the end of shark protection in the state.
Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources is taking comments TODAY only.
Please take action here. It will require less than five minutes. And please share!
Thanks to Southern Fried Science and shark hero Sarah Mucha for the alert.
Day 210 1/21/14: Orca Tuesday
I found several interesting orca stories today.
First, let us consider the mysteries of killer whale behavior:
1. Orcas find kayakers fascinating! The audio is a little irritating, but the point of view is kind of cool.
2. Orcas follow Kiwi swimmer to the beach.
Next, more trouble for $eaWorld:
3. Is SeaWorld racist?
And lest we forget:
4. SeaWorld is complicit in Japanese dolphin slaughter.
Day 202 1/13/14: Some Blogs I Dig: Part 1
I have only yet begun to catalogue the blogs I love. Here’s a few to start:
1. Fuckyeahsharks is really fun! Great shark gifs, shark pix and more.
2. I’m always amazed at the fearlessness & intelligence of The Daily Headache.
3. I LOVE this blog! Biblioklept is a daily surprise and delight if you love art & lit.
4. Walking with Alligators: Helping endangered creatures in the Everglades & beyond.
5. Find out how recent wolf & coyote hunts and other wildlife massacres screw up the ecosystem at Exposing the Big Game.
6. Sofastory: Every abandoned couch has a lurid & lovely tale to tell on this Tumblr blog.
Shark Dreams 