http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/ Sharks are beautiful, magestic, and interesting creatures that have been on this earth for over billion and billions of years. They help keep our biological balance in place and provide great information in marine studies. So why are they in danger if we need them so much? Thats what we are trying to find out. These amazing creatures are being hunted for their fins, that are themain ingediant for "Shark Fin Soup" which is sold over seas for about 100 US dollars. This soup is usually bought for weddings. The soup is eaten, followed by the slaughter of a shark. IS THIS RIGHT?! No it is not. Sharks have done nothing to human beings. Yes, there are a few cases of mistaken identity when a shark mistakes a human for food, but once the animal sees you are not what it thought you were, it lets go. Its wrong on our part for using the ocean as i swimming pool when its not. The ocean is not a playground, or swimming pool, it is the home of marine life. Just think about how we would feel if a randon stranger came into our house, took everything, ontop of destroying everything. We would be pretty upset, and treating marine life like that is wrong. These sharks need us. There are more sharks diying than being born, and we all know what situtaions like this lead to, EXTINCTION! There are already many endangerd species of shark. One not known to many,Lamna nasus, a species of shark known as Porbeagle shark was recently assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as "Endangered" and is currently being considered for legal listing on Schedule 1 of the Species At Risk Act (SARA). Once listed, porbeagle shark will be protected under SARA. This protection includes, but is not limited to, the proviso that no one "shall kill, harm, harass, capture, or take" any of these individuals. The Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, is imperil of extinction. These sharks are being hunted moreso than other species, all for trophys. Yes, we may be terrified of sharks because they have been petrayed as these horrific man eatters, by movies like JAWS, and Deep Blue Sea. They arent monstars, they are simply predators of the deep that will attack if tempted,just like any animal. Sharks have so much to teach us about how they live and their environment. It would be a shame to let these creatures just die off. Just know that these sharks need us, not for food, but they need us to save them. This is a major case irony because we are the main factor contributing to their demise. The point is they cannot fight back, and if they cant fight for themselves then I will. And you can help me by signing this pitetion. Thank you guys so much!!!!!! Thu, 2 Mar 2006 22:0:05 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig4395547 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig3851175 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST PEOPLE WHO KILL SHARKS SHOULD BE ARRESTED, CONVICTED FOR MURDER, AND THEN (this is the best part) GET THE DEATH SENTANCE!!! ans eye for and eye , and a life for a life http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig3124152 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig2977422 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig2115763 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I want help to stopp finning http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig1897346 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig1878465 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig1876516 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fight4sharks/#sig1876029 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.Whya theya bitea your heada off if ya don'ta. CATSA ROCKA! It's a me MARIO!