Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

17 January 2011

Tens of millions of sharks are killed each year, many of them to meet the demand for shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy.

Shark finning is a cruel and wasteful practice that involves slicing off a shark’s fins and throwing the body — often while the shark is still alive — back into the water. Shark populations cannot sustain the current slaughter rates.

Progress is being made — please help — sign our No Shark Fin pledge today! 

The only way to enforce shark finning legislation and ensure that no finning has taken place is to require that sharks be landed with their fins still naturally attached.

I am pleased to report that the European Parliament recently adopted a Parliamentary Resolution calling for the European Commission to deliver a legislative proposal to end the removal of shark fins on-board vessels — without exception.

The Resolution came about after 423 MEPs, more than 50 percent of the Parliament’s Members, signed a Written Declaration showing their support for a fins-attached policy.

You can help stop the trade in shark fins too: Never consume or serve any products containing shark fin — and sign our pledge today! 

In the United States, President Barack Obama recently signed the Shark Conservation Act into law. It brings Pacific fisheries into line with Atlantic fisheries by requiring that all sharks be landed with their fins still naturally attached (and will strengthen the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000).

Please help us end this cruel and wasteful practice, support our campaign and say no to shark fin products. Signal your support for sharks — sign our pledge! 

Thank you for all that you do to help animals.

Sincerely,

Andrew Rowan
President & CEO
Humane Society International

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