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Shark Extinction: The Shocking Truth
Ocean lovers everywhere, we are at crisis point. The top predator species in the food chain of our oceans is being hunted to extinction. Some shark specie populations are estimated to have declined by over 99% since the 1970′s!
The repercussions for marine eco-systems are dramatic and have devastating consequences down the food chain. To name but one example, species of Rays and Skates can explode leading in turn to the shocking decline of shellfish fisheries and a rapid reduction in water quality. And that’s just for starters!
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Lolita is the reason why I stopped crying and walked back to the Miami Seaquarium to protest. She is the reason why I’m fighting, and I can’t believe I ever doubted myself or my cause.
This girl right here is single-handedly going to change the world.
You all should go follow her!
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What goes in the ocean goes in you. Recent studies estimate that fish off the West Coast ingest over 12,000 tons of plastic a year. Find out how you can help turn the tide on plastic pollution at www.surfrider.org/rap.
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Activists Burn Firework and Fur Depot.
Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activists have claimed responsibly for the destruction of the Rocky Mountain Fireworks & Fur store near Boise, Idaho.
The ALF operatives drilled a hole in the outside of the store’s storage space and poured in several gallons of fuel. When lit, the fuel ignited several other placed explosives placed and much of the store’s firework stock. Thousands of chemically treated animal pelts helped grow the blaze which caused $100,000 of damage.
Along with a full selection of fireworks, Rocky Mountain Fireworks & Fur was selling fur pelts from mink, chinchilla, rabbit, fox, and the traps and gear for fur trapping hobbyists.
There is no word yet if the store will reopen for business but the ALF says they are ready for anything. A communique from the activists warns the shop owners, “stay in business, and we’ll be back.”
Gizmodo Article on PETA’s ‘Insensitive Advertising’
Well, it’s not the first time their ads have pissed people off and it’s definitely not the last. My boyfriend put this fucking article on my Facebook and I just had to talk about it.
Not sure if you guys have heard, and if you haven’t click through to the article which will give you the basic summary, but this guy Wickersham was bitten by a shark while fishing with his friends. My first question is how the fuck he managed that. You’re sort of in a boat for a reason, so I’m lead to believe he was being a fuck. I chased the story to a legitimate news source: he said he was spear fishing several miles off the coast and was bitten in the thigh. If you were spearfishing, weren’t you paying attention to the water? Wouldn’t you have seen a shark? And once sharks get hold of you, don’t they hang the fuck on?
Anyway, this horribly written Gizmodo article (no really, this person needs a copyeditor, it’s fucking embarrassing) is bitching because PETA’s using this guy’s injury as a marketing tool. Okay, PETA, didn’t you learn your lesson with the Holocaust stunt you pulled? No? Well, I don’t think they ever will if they’re not concerned about that.
But you know what, reading this article, do I think that’s okay advertising? Yeah, sorta do. In comparison to their other advertisements this is pretty fucking tame. People are bent out of shape because they’re using the example of a guy who was doing something he shouldn’t have and got hurt - and will be fine. Parents use kids as examples when they fuck up all the time - ‘Oh, you were pulling that cat’s tail so it scratched you? Probably shouldn’t do that.’
Oh, you’re psychologically torturing fish, causing them immense anxiety and pain, for sport or food you do not need and got bitten by a shark? Interesting. Probably shouldn’t fucking do that.
Is the ad taboo? Yeah, definitely, and it won’t be well-receiving and PETA’s marketing should probably wise the fuck up and stop using human tragedies and suffering as a means of comparison, because, guess what - ‘normal’ humans don’t give a fuck about animal suffering and don’t equate it to humans. Scare tactics don’t WORK on people, they just make them more indignant and defensive of their ways. A few weeks ago there were pro-life fucks out on my campus with huge 3’x3’ signs with color photos of ‘aborted fetuses’ (which were mostly still-borns, good job guys) and all it did was gross us out and enrage us. We’re Emerson goddamn College, and we’re all pro-choice. And we all also know that aborted fetuses are not that big - that’s a marketing tool used to scare, and it’s insulting and unnecessary. They were right on the Common with bloody photographs - kids walk by there all day, every day.PETA should be focusing instead on the health aspects and the cruelty, and that’s all- there’s SO MANY positive things to say about that, like Forks Over Knives does!
Basically what I’m getting at is the ignorance of this writer, who even goes so far as to link to the ORIGINAL article bitching about PETA being insensitive (they’re not even his/her thoughts! This is so pathetic!) MAKES me want to defend PETA, whom I hate. And the “I’m all for animal rights guys!” at the bottom is so fucking trite - seriously, you still think it’s alright to fish, but you dig animal rights? Sounds awfully nice for speciesist bullshit. Thoughts?
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Sharks who make the same face in every picture.
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