| Mark
I welcome your comment, mate, but I think you should look again at the petition - and maybe do some of your own research.
It was initiated out of, and supported by the members of, the Shark-List which contains many (most?) of the great and the good in global shark science, research and broadcasting.
Alibaba.com is based in Hong Kong and one of the largest online traders of seafood and other products, especially shark fin. The lucrative market for shark fin is creating huge incentives for poor nations - as represented by scores of businesses on Alibaba.com. Without any control, endangered and threatened shark species are traded in great volume at great profit. As a web based business gateway, Alibaba.com is collusive and partner to this criminal and wasteful practice. This petition seeks to raise awareness of the lucrative trade which fuels and perpetuates the finning, taking a different approach to the ones which target governments and seeks to undermine the distributions and supply of shark fins to their market.
ALSO I know full well how much the Shark Trust do in this arena (I have been actively involved with them for many years), BUT that shouldn't mean that we can't do a little more - 'do-good fatigue' is never an excuse and merely an abdication of responsibility.
I appreciate that you may have signed petitions before but what harm would it do to sign another. But in the end, of course, it's your decision whether or not you want to do it!
hope you are keeping well
cheers
Rob  |