Ban the import, fishing, purchase and sale of Sharks and Shark Fins in the UK.

Closed 358 signatures

What the petition asks

According to many conservative estimates from multiple sources, 100,000,000 sharks are slaughtered for their fins every year. That’s roughly 274,000 sharks a day. That's nearly double the population of the UK - Dying every year. We need regulations now, to protect these species imperil.

Fishermen will hack the fins off living sharks and simply throw the rest of their bodies overboard, allowing them to bleed to death. Sinking fin-less, slowly to the bottom of the sea. Shark finning is a wasteful, barbaric practice, but it also has a devastating impact on our oceans. The use of these atrocious practices in the name of archaic traditions and cultures, must stop. How are we to grow as a species if we continue to act like our poorly educated predecessors.

We have no excuse.

Timeline

30 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
6 Nov 2019	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 358

Status Closed

Opened 30 Jul 2019

Closed 6 Nov 2019

Follow this petition