Target: Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida
Goal: Stop the senseless killing and harvesting of sharks, and ensure violators are punished.
In yet another display of human cruelty, recently released footage shows two men dragging a black-tip shark from the water and stabbing the innocent animal in the head with a knife. And, worst of all, they seem to have fun while doing it. This incident, which took place on a beach in Florida, has been deemed “totally legal” by Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission public information officer, Chad Weber, even though black-tip populations are on steady decline and are near threatened. Despite the horrifically graphic video and pleasure these two despicable men seem to take in killing the poor shark, there is no chance of prosecution because in the state of Florida, it is 100% legal to harvest black-tip sharks in such a manner.
Currently, humans are responsible for killing an estimated 70-100 million sharks per year. At this rate, sharks will be totally extinct before the year 2040. These animals are not only amazing in their own right, but they also serve an extremely important role in ocean ecosystems. As apex predators, sharks are responsible for helping to regulate the food chain beneath them. If sharks become extinct, our oceans don’t stand a chance.
Sign this petition to demand changes to laws that currently allow the senseless killing of sharks in Florida.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Governor DeSantis,
Recent footage has been released to the public depicting two men violently dragging an innocent black-tip shark from the water, and subsequently stabbing it in the head with a knife. The men involved in the incident, which took place on a beach in Florida, looked rather pleased with themselves as they senselessly killed the poor, unsuspecting animal in what officers have deemed a “totally legal” action.
Worldwide, humans kill an estimated 70-100 million sharks every year. This means that by 2040, sharks–which have ancestors dating back 450 million years–may be completely extinct. And, if sharks–the ocean’s apex predators, helping to control populations of all animals beneath them in the food web–go extinct, we will not be far behind.
We are asking you, Mr. DeSantis, to make changes to current laws that permit the senseless killing and harvesting of sharks throughout the state of Florida.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Mariana Sabogal
Anyone that commits and sanctions such atrocious behavior towards innocent life deserves the same fate or worse. Give us the bat and show their faces… let us give justice to this poor shark and all animals that suffer at the hands of humans every day. I would love to beat the shit out of those human monsters– they deserve to be in hell!
MAN as a whole is a disgrace. Regressing; not progressing in its empathy towards other species; not even its own. Judges and lawyers and the public in general need to step up and CARE!!! which means to do something to protect the innocent. How these individuals pose with the murdered bodies they are responsible for with a sense of accomplishment speaks volumes of the evil within and they must be punished; held accountable for their abhorent actions.
Also LEGAL IN FLORIDA.Strapping a live alligator on your car!! It was all on film. If you are going to hunt for them then kill it to not have it suffer!FUCK FLORIDA AS SOMEONE SAID ON HERE.
You are the biggest moron walking on top feet . Brain of a roach .
You don’t even know what your fighting about
Do us all a favor and stop wasting our oxygen
“You climate “ buffoon
Don’t block their faces we need to know who to smash them in the head with a hammer
PETA site shows faces.
Hey if they are so proud of their cowardly and evil act, then they need to show their faces. It is time to put them in prison for their depraved acts. I do not care if this barbarity is legal.
Unacceptable. This should not be legal . Fish and game need to step up and get the laws changed . Men like this think they are real bad killing an animal nothing but jerk offs.