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Tue, 21 May 2013 11:18:35 -0400

animalcruelty-notok: Success! New York Bans Shark Fins...

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:39:35 -0400

Success! New York Bans Shark Fins Unanimously

New York has taken a step towards stopping our species from eliminating sharks from the oceans: the state legislature has voted unanimously to ban the sale and distribution of shark fins, the central ingredient in shark fin soup.Maryland beat New York to the punch as the first East Coast state to ban trade in shark fins, adopting the law on May 2, 2013. This side of the country has lagged behind the West Coast, all of which has banned shark fins, as have Hawaii, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Even landlocked Illinois is shark-fin-free. Momentum seems to be growing to kill the finning industry.

One reason for the hubbub is that killing sharks for soup has wiped out such large percentages of the fish that some species are now endangered and others close to it. According to Sea Shepherd, “many sharks take up to fifteen years to reach maturity and then produce only one shark pup per year. Such a fragile and slow reproduction rate means that their populations may never recover from the damage we have already inflicted.”

The other reason is the horror-show methods fishermen use to get the fins. As I described the process here last year, ”fishermen catch the animal and drag it aboard the boat, hack off its fin muscles, then throw it back into the sea,” unable to move normally and certain to die. They “drown, bleed to death or are eaten alive by predators after this mutilation.”

The common fear of sharks is largely unfounded. As Sea Shepherd points out, ”Every year humans slaughter over 100 million sharks. No more than 12 people a year are killed by sharks worldwide. In fact [it] is more dangerous to play golf than to swim in the ocean with sharks. More golfers are struck by lightning and killed each year than the total number of shark fatalities. Many more humans are struck and killed by boats every year than are attacked by sharks.”

New York City is one of the largest markets for shark fins outside of Asia. New Yorker Patrick Kwan of the Humane Society of the United States, who has been advocating for the ban, pointed out to the Village Voice that “every Asian-American lawmaker in the legislature and on City Council stood in full support of the ban. ‘They are not only supporting, but they are also leading the effort.’”

Perhaps the tide is turning in sharks’ favor.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 01:05:18 -0400

cherry-and-also-bomb:

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Sun, 12 May 2013 01:04:14 -0400

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Tue, 07 May 2013 12:53:48 -0400

f00dmakesmesmile: I FOUND IT AGAIN OMFG ASDFGHJKL YESSSS

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:53:32 -0400

f00dmakesmesmile:

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Thu, 02 May 2013 00:09:09 -0400

actually my face be seen

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:05:17 -0400

actually my face be seen

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Wed, 01 May 2013 23:04:11 -0400

greeendoor: jonnovstheinternet: slowly but surely supersize...

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:04:02 -0400

greeendoor:

jonnovstheinternet:

slowly but surely

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greeendoor: Constance, you saint.

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:03:36 -0400

greeendoor:

Constance, you saint.

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Wed, 01 May 2013 23:01:50 -0400

thatrelatableblog: Want more personal/relatable?

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:01:06 -0400

thatrelatableblog:

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how peacefuly simple of it to just take you away.

Wed, 01 May 2013 23:00:53 -0400

how peacefuly simple of it to just take you away.

these look fun :3

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:59:58 -0400

these look fun :3

twoheaded-grrrl: The hills are alive with the sound of punk...

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:59:42 -0400

twoheaded-grrrl:

The hills are alive with the sound of punk rock

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Wed, 01 May 2013 22:58:01 -0400

I STILL LOVE THESE

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:56:37 -0400

I STILL LOVE THESE

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Wed, 01 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:57:52 -0400

missasskickin:

sher-vasshappenin:

containcocaine:

she-wantedthew0rld:

malgasm:

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this is one of the most beautiful things i have ever read

this made me cry…

I couldn’t not reblog this.

Beautiful words and questions are beautiful. These are the important questions of life that can truly capture the essence of who someone is