Heard today from a friend of mine named Donna. Looks like she's got a new job saving sharks...
Dear friends
As most of you know I have been working part time with the Shark Alliance for a while now. Dolphins and seal pups may be cuter, but sharks need some loving too!
Sharks have been around for more than 450 million years, but in the last one hundred of those we have managed to make some species extinct and today, one third of European species are threatened with extinction. The loss of more species will inevitably cause yet more harm to the marine ecosystem.
The cause of this recent unnecessary damage is overfishing and finning and Europe is a particularly bad offender here, with some of the weakest finning regulations in the world. After nearly ten years of dithering, the EU will finalise a plan of action to protect sharks at the end of this year. Please sign the petition on the link below to ask fisheries and environment ministers to support the EU plan for stronger protection for sharks. And please forward to your friends and contacts.
http://www.sharkalliance.org/petition08/
Sorry for the round robin and hope you are all healthy, happy and enjoying the Autumn sun
xx
Donna
Get your own fin! Sign the petition.