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Vladimir,
Wild animals do
not deserve to be turned into pets, play things, food,
trophies, or trinkets — and that includes sharks. Yet Joshua
Seguine of New York state decided to hold seven sandbar
sharks, a protected species, captive in his home's small pool.
Why? Because he wanted to make a boatload of money off
of the poor creatures by selling them off, one by
one. Authorities also found several dead sharks on
his property, including the snout of one endangered shark.
This all happened in large part because selling
sharks is extremely lucrative in the United States — and in
many places, is still legal.
This wasn't the man's first
run-in with sharks. Four years ago in 2017, he was arrested
for locking five sharks in a small tank, which he then
strapped to the back of his truck. He was found actively
driving around in the state of Georgia while these flustered
and disoriented sharks were sloshing about, totally terrified,
in the rear of his vehicle. The main reasons people
seek out these particular animals is to turn them into
leather, oil, and meals. But cruelty like that should
not be allowed. Sign the petition and urge the U.S. Congress to
ban the sale of sharks in the United
States!
Thank you,
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Miranda
The Care2 Petitions Team
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P.S. People in
the U.S. are able to get their hands on critically endangered
sharks and sell them off for parts. That's not right. Sign the petition now! |
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