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Dear Ellen,
For me and my colleagues at Discovery Channel, Shark Week is one of the best weeks of the year. But great white sharks are in big trouble – and if things don’t get better for these amazing creatures, Shark Week could be history.
There might only be a few hundred adult great white sharks left off the Pacific coast of North America, and constant threats like fishing nets continue to kill baby white sharks in their nursery habitats. These iconic sharks are not covered under the Endangered Species Act – but their future may depend on it.
Oceana is working hard to get US West Coast great whites the protection they deserve, and we’re excited to help spread the word. As a fellow shark advocate, will you sign our support letter to add great white sharks to the Endangered Species
List?
Some people think great whites are scary, but the truth is, they should be scared of us. Millions of sharks are killed by humans every year. Doesn’t seem fair, does it?
In fact, great white sharks are vitally important to the oceans. As top predators, they keep the ocean food web in balance, keeping prey populations in check. If the great whites disappear from the US West Coast, the entire ecosystem could be affected.
We can’t let the West Coast lose one of its top predators - and we definitely can’t let our favorite animal disappear forever. Sign today and help great white sharks get listed under the Endangered Species Act!
Happy Shark Week!
Amy Hagovsky
Discovery Channel Communications
Director, and fellow shark advocate
P.S. Mark your calendars for August 16th at 9PM when "Great White Highway," narrated by Oceana board member Ted Danson, premieres during Shark Week. In the meantime, spread the word at Thunderclap.it/SharkWeek to help sharks through the power of social media.
 
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