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Today, a female great white shark had her fins hacked off in Inhambane, Mozambique (South Africa). Nets had been put up in the area by Chinese shark fin traders, as South Africa is known as the White Shark capital of the world and ,surely, their huge fins bring in pretty pennies to those who can barely make a living. This shark was dragged to shore and left to slowly suffocate. White Sharks have been listed as a protected species in South Africa since 1991, they are one of the most important predators of the sea. Their decline is not natural selection, it is completely human caused. It’s our fault. 

This is horrendous. If you don’t think shark finning is an issue that needs to be addressed, please read up on it. Put your fears, your dislikes to the side.If these pictures were of a lion, of a wolf, of a human, how would you feel?This poor girl deserved to live, deserved to breed, not die in humiliation. 

I’ve stated many times on my blog that I respect the cultural aspect of shark finning, I really do. But there are too many people in this world to abide by traditions that were deemed valid back when the number of humans wasn’t at a disgustingly high number. 

Read more about this here.

it makes me really fricking angry that this thing has only a handful of notes god

Sharks are extremely important animals in our ecosystem, and important creatures to me, personally. I started hard at that first picture, but the fact is, most people wouldn’t. Because it’s not furry and fluffy. But this is not a practice that should persist, regardless of the cuddle-factor of the victims.

Sharks get a bad rep.  I’m chill with the sharks. Let’s all just be chill with sharks and quit doing stupid shit to fuck up a shark’s day aight?

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crablouse: fan-troll: footmeetsface: albel-is-mine: bechnokid: shycustis: zarggg: We only have one month until the petition closes, and there are only about 1700 signatures on it! Go sign! I keep these sorts of posts off my art blog, typically, but this would be a massive benefit to Americans, including Coey and myself. It’s something I’ve dreamed of for years, and it’s a week from being over and not even half full. Please. It’s worth the 5 to 10 minutes taken to create an account and sign. Does this mean Amtrak will go out of business? cmon guys sign this baby how can it have over 77,000 notes and the petition have less than 50,000? >likes GUYS SIGN THIS Signatures needed by March 07, 2013 to reach goal of 100,000: 51,060 stuff that isn’t happening: this how can it have over 77,000 notes and the petition have less than 50,000? ^ My thoughts exactly.

crablouse:

fan-troll:

footmeetsface:

albel-is-mine:

bechnokid:

shycustis:

zarggg:

We only have one month until the petition closes, and there are only about 1700 signatures on it!

Go sign!

I keep these sorts of posts off my art blog, typically, but this would be a massive benefit to Americans, including Coey and myself. It’s something I’ve dreamed of for years, and it’s a week from being over and not even half full. Please. It’s worth the 5 to 10 minutes taken to create an account and sign.

Does this mean Amtrak will go out of business?

cmon guys sign this baby

how can it have over 77,000 notes and the petition have less than 50,000?

>likes

GUYS SIGN THIS

Signatures needed by March 07, 2013 to reach goal of 100,000: 51,060

stuff that isn’t happening: this

how can it have over 77,000 notes and the petition have less than 50,000?

^ My thoughts exactly.

shrap-null: penotbutter: Cute and beautiful by *Darkstripe4ever “This is mostly inspired by an article I read (honestly a while ago) about a certain scientist who had suggested letting giant pandas die out since they refused to mate in captivity and did not seem cabable of adapting to their rapidly changing environment. The backlash that it got was truly something. People hated the scientist for even suggesting such blasphemy. After all, pandas are adorable and lovable creatures that deserve to live another day, regardless of how they only eat one type of plant (that is disappearing) and won’t adapt. Now, I don’t hate pandas, and I’d loathe to see them go as much as the next person, but what got me was the pure hypocrisy.People will jump up at the sound of the bugle to defend “beautiful” and “majestic” animals. But when other animals like, say, sharks are hunted and abused people don’t care. How backwards is that? I guess because the animal is ugly to us means that it doesn’t deserve to live. We’re so holy and amazing that we just have that much power.Some people need to jump off their pedestals and realize that we’re not all that awesome, that certain animals are not better than others, and that we’re total hypocrites. Some may say that pandas should live because they’re so wonderful and amusing to see on documentaries or at the zoo, and others may dare to include that God put them here for a reason, and that they must be preserved. Now, what about animals that are also endangered or more so that get no attention whatsoever? People cheer when they hear that sharks are being killed by the thousands, but when they hear about a kitten being kicked in the skull or a wolf being shot from an airplane it’s total madness.Someone please explain to me this logic because it just escapes me. We don’t shed a tear when a cow is slaughtered or a pig is lashed to bits. We neither get upset when a neighbor or best friend steps on a spider or tramples on a beetle. It also doesn’t seem to bother a good majority of us when we hear about ugly alligator gars being hunted excessively, or disgusting sharks being pulled up from the ocean, dragged onto boats, torn apart, and then kicked off to then sink, bleeding and still alive, to the bottom of the ocean. But God forbid someone uses a fox skin for taxidermy, or a scientist suggests letting a doomed species just fade out of existence. Because that would be totally awful and an afront to all generations to come.” i wasnt going to post at first but the description is rly good people only care about kidnappings when it’s a white girl or a cute black girl a minority was kidnapped on mexican soil? lmao fuck good luck with THAT shit

shrap-null:

penotbutter:

Cute and beautiful by *Darkstripe4ever

“This is mostly inspired by an article I read (honestly a while ago) about a certain scientist who had suggested letting giant pandas die out since they refused to mate in captivity and did not seem cabable of adapting to their rapidly changing environment. The backlash that it got was truly something. People hated the scientist for even suggesting such blasphemy. After all, pandas are adorable and lovable creatures that deserve to live another day, regardless of how they only eat one type of plant (that is disappearing) and won’t adapt. Now, I don’t hate pandas, and I’d loathe to see them go as much as the next person, but what got me was the pure hypocrisy.

People will jump up at the sound of the bugle to defend “beautiful” and “majestic” animals. But when other animals like, say, sharks are hunted and abused people don’t care. How backwards is that? I guess because the animal is ugly to us means that it doesn’t deserve to live. We’re so holy and amazing that we just have that much power.

Some people need to jump off their pedestals and realize that we’re not all that awesome, that certain animals are not better than others, and that we’re total hypocrites. Some may say that pandas should live because they’re so wonderful and amusing to see on documentaries or at the zoo, and others may dare to include that God put them here for a reason, and that they must be preserved. Now, what about animals that are also endangered or more so that get no attention whatsoever? People cheer when they hear that sharks are being killed by the thousands, but when they hear about a kitten being kicked in the skull or a wolf being shot from an airplane it’s total madness.

Someone please explain to me this logic because it just escapes me. We don’t shed a tear when a cow is slaughtered or a pig is lashed to bits. We neither get upset when a neighbor or best friend steps on a spider or tramples on a beetle. It also doesn’t seem to bother a good majority of us when we hear about ugly alligator gars being hunted excessively, or disgusting sharks being pulled up from the ocean, dragged onto boats, torn apart, and then kicked off to then sink, bleeding and still alive, to the bottom of the ocean. But God forbid someone uses a fox skin for taxidermy, or a scientist suggests letting a doomed species just fade out of existence. Because that would be totally awful and an afront to all generations to come.”

i wasnt going to post at first but the description is rly good

people only care about kidnappings when it’s a white girl or a cute black girl

a minority was kidnapped on mexican soil? lmao fuck good luck with THAT shit

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nathandavidpalmer:

Shark finning is absolutely disgusting. They catch them purely to cut their fins from their bodies and chuck 95% of the shark back overboard, sometimes even alive. They only do it because of the massive income, one bowl of Shark Fin soup can cost up to £90 alone, imagine how much money they make if they continue killing 90+ million sharks per year and in 10 years alone they have decreased the population of 450 shark species by 90% and when you confront them they will not speak to you about it and will shut you out and ask you to leave, but why?

This is a 50 minute video by Gordon Ramsay looking in-depth about it, yes he’s a chef but clearly he loves this animal and is disgusted just as I am by it, so don’t give him stick, you wouldn’t see him serving any endangered any animal, like a Snow Leopard for example, so watch the video if you wish: http://www.putlocker.com/file/DE5AE6FECB156DF4#

Re-blog or like if you think this is wrong/love sharks or even both and if you don’t like or re-blog this you can un-follow me and not speak to me because clearly you’re saying this is perfectly fine and secondly you obviously don’t have a heart.

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“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”1984 by George Orwell

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”1984 by George Orwell

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anarcho-queer: Richard Haste, an NYPD officer, killed an unarmed black teen (Ramarley Graham) in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother at point blank range over marijuana. The landlady, Paulet Minzie, 55, ran out the shower with only a towel after hearing the gunshots. Officers then put a gun to her head and told her to put her hands up. It wasn’t until she told them that there were cameras surveilling them, that they put their guns down. Court papers say “[He\] immediately lowered his weapon. His demeanor completely changed, and he alerted his colleague that they may be on camera,”. The footage later revealed that Graham walked calmly to his apartment followed by police barging in without a warrant, contradicting the officers original claim that the teenager was running away from him. (Source) Haste was freed on $50,000 bail yesterday after pleading not guilty. Police cheered for him as the parents of Graham wept in the court room. Just look at this shit!

anarcho-queer:

Richard Haste, an NYPD officer, killed an unarmed black teen (Ramarley Graham) in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother at point blank range over marijuana. The landlady, Paulet Minzie, 55, ran out the shower with only a towel after hearing the gunshots. Officers then put a gun to her head and told her to put her hands up. It wasn’t until she told them that there were cameras surveilling them, that they put their guns down.

Court papers say “[He\] immediately lowered his weapon. His demeanor completely changed, and he alerted his colleague that they may be on camera,”. The footage later revealed that Graham walked calmly to his apartment followed by police barging in without a warrant, contradicting the officers original claim that the teenager was running away from him. (Source)

Haste was freed on $50,000 bail yesterday after pleading not guilty. Police cheered for him as the parents of Graham wept in the court room.

Just look at this shit!

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