Switzerland can be an idyllic place to be in with its mountains, meadows and clean fresh air but it too would be drastically effected by a change in our oceans - even without a coastline.
A pet hate of mine is - shark finning.
A totally and utterly unnecessary act - apart from the obvious barbarism involved, without sharks the oceans will change so dramatically life on land will never be the same again.
The shark has for 450m millions years, been the apex predator of the oceans. They play a critical role in the evolution of other species but due to an insatiable appetite in Asia for sharks fin soup, a so called 'delicacy', since the 1970s the populations of several species have been decimated by over 95%.
168 sharks are killed EVERY minute just for their fins.
Every year tens of millions of sharks die a slow death because of finning. Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark's fins and throwing its still living body back into the sea.
The sharks either starve to death, are eaten alive by other fish, or drown (if they are not in constant movement their gills cannot extract oxygen from the water).
Their indiscriminate slaughter at an unsustainable rate is pushing many species to the brink of extinction.
Due to the clandestine nature of finning, records are rarely kept of the numbers of sharks and species caught. Estimates are based on declared imports to shark fin markets such as Hong Kong and China.
StopSharkFinning.net is campaigning to achieve a worldwide ban on shark finning. That means that all sharks caught must be landed intact - their fins must not be removed while the shipping vessel is at sea.
If you are concerned about the plight of sharks - an animal that has been around since before the dinosaurs - there are plenty of things you can do to help. So go to the campaigns page of Stop Shark Finning and take action now! STOP SHARK FINNING NOW
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