Sharks & shark conservation advocates worldwide are one step from a major victory after Tuesday's vote in the California state Senate to ban the trade in shark fins. But it's not a done deal until Gov. Jerry Brown signs AB 376 into law -- and you can make it happen.
Take a moment to send a message to Gov. Brown urging him to stand up for sharks. As lead sponsor of the bill, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has made it easy to send a Take Action email to the governor.
California would become the fourth state to enact a trade ban, following Hawaii, Washington and Oregon. And it's the largest market for shark fins outside of Asia, where demand for shark-fin soup is fueling the global killing of tens of millions of sharks each year.
It would also strengthen the hand of advocates in China who are pressing for an end to shark finning in the world's largest market for fins. And it would give new momentum to a campaign for a national ban on the shark fin trade in the United States.
That's a lot of impact for one small action that each of us can take.
yay! it passed!
Posted by: sara | October 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Shark Fin Trade is evil and should be stopped. We should cut off one of their legs and see how they feel.
Posted by: Stef | September 24, 2011 at 09:21 AM