Discovery Channel “Shark Week” Prompts Tips For Helping The Creatures
Written by Vegetarian Star on August 4th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Film & TV, Politicians.
In case you missed any of the numerous commercial promos on television, it’s Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Every carnivorous day of the week.
The Humane Society International has compiled a list of tips, one different tip for every day of the week, for those interested in helping to protect the great fish that rule the oceans.
If you eat at a restaurant that serves Asian food, for example, ask the staff if shark fin is on the menu. If so, walk out and let them know why you’re headed for the door. This is a practice already illegal to do in Hawaii.
Iris Ho, campaign manager of Humane Society International, said, “Shark Week has a great following and presents an excellent forum in which to raise awareness about the threat of extinction facing sharks. We join with Senator John Kerry, who collaborated with Discovery’s Shark Week to outlaw shark finning, in urging swift enactment of the Shark Conservation Act (H.R. 81/S. 850) before Congress adjourns in a few months. Ultimately we hope to see shark fins off the menu and the practice of shark finning banned on all fishing vessels around the world.”
You can contact your U.S. Senators and ask them to co-sponsor the Shark Conservation Act here.
For more tips on saving the sharks, visit the Humane Society International.
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