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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Not exactly. All ocean
life is indeed </font>in danger, but shark are in a particularly
precarious state, and also occupy a particularly crucial role as top
predators, without which entire ocean ecosystems begin to fail. This
inordinately threatens all ocean species.<br>
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The other important factor in all of this is that eating shark fin
soup is like wearing fur. It is totally unnecessary and extremely
wasteful because once the valuable fins are taken, most of the shark
are thrown back into the ocean to die.<br>
<br>
So the shark fin situation is a serious crisis that needs to be
ended immediately.<br>
<br>
Protecting shark in the ocean is similar to protecting returning
wolves in the Rockies. It is absolutely vital to entire bioregions.<br>
<br>
And no one would say that since other mammals are threatened we
shouldn't engage immediate special protections for wolves ;)<br>
<br>
cheers<br>
<br>
Eric B <br>
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On 3/9/2011 2:37 PM, Richard Knee wrote:
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Equal protection is needed for other fish. If sharkfin soup is
banned, another type(s) of fish could fall victim to that supply
chain.<br>
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On 3/9/2011 1:31 PM, Eric Brooks wrote:
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moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:mksage@gmail.com">mksage@gmail.com</a>
wrote:<br>
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<div>Please vote to "BAN SHARK FIN SOUP" in the online pole that
the San Francisco Chronicle is holding. Go to </div>
<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MNBB1I6GV4.DTL">
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/09/MNBB1I6GV4.DTL
</a> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>and look down the left side of the article for "THE
QUESTION -- Census finds only 219 great white sharks off
coast"</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Click the button labeled "Ban shark fin soup" and then
click the "VOTE" button.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>-- Mike</div>
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