Tell Amazon: Drop the Soup

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Amazon.com is selling the so-called delicacy shark fin soup on its site. Please join me in calling for an end to this terrible product.Take action at:http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6451 Shark finning involves cutting off the shark's fins while it is still alive, and then tossing the body back into to the sea, dead or dying. Finning only utilizes 2 - 5 percent of the entire animal, throwing away sources of protein and potential commercial and medicinal products. Up to 73 million sharks are killed every year to support the international shark fin market, threatening already overexploited shark populations around the world. And millions more are accidentally caught as victims of dirty fishing. Sharks are slow-growing and long-lived animals, and often their populations cannot bounce back from the incredible fishing pressure placed upon them for their fins. In fact, one-fifth of all shark species are considered threatened with extinction according to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) 2006 Red List of Threatened Species.Consumer pressure has already gotten Amazon to discontinue carrying canned shark fin soup from Pacific Rim Gourmet. Now, it's time to get it to discontinue ALL shark fin products. Roland's shark fin soup has generated customer discussions such as, "Amazon should be ashamed of carrying such products - Remove it" and has prompted consumers to "tag" the item with tags like "extinction,endangered species,morally wrong,animal cruelty," and "senseless."We can't afford to let sharks disappear because of a rare culinary dish. They are the top predators of the ocean, and without them we will loose the species diversity and ecosystem balance they help maintain. Please contact Amazon's customer service and investor relations now, and tell them to remove this terrible product.Take action today:http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6451 Want to do even more? You can contact the soup company directly at:American Roland Food Corp71 West 23rd StreetNew York, NY 10010---If you'd like to receive updates like this directly from Oceana, sign up to be a WaveMaker at:http://takeaction.oceana.org/signUp.jsp---Oceana Inc.2501 M Street, NWSuite 300Washington, D.C. 20037202.833.3900www.oceana.orginfo

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Hi Anouk, Couldnt get the url to work sorry! The Valley Vegan...........anouk <zurumato wrote: Amazon.com is selling the so-called delicacy shark fin soup on its site. Please join me in calling for an end to this terrible product.Take action at:http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6451 Shark finning involves cutting off the shark's fins while it is still alive, and then tossing the body back into to the

sea, dead or dying. Finning only utilizes 2 - 5 percent of the entire animal, throwing away sources of protein and potential commercial and medicinal products. Up to 73 million sharks are killed every year to support the international shark fin market, threatening already overexploited shark populations around the world. And millions more are accidentally caught as victims of dirty fishing. Sharks are slow-growing and long-lived animals, and often their populations cannot bounce back from the incredible fishing pressure placed upon them for their fins. In fact, one-fifth of all shark species are considered threatened with extinction according to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) 2006 Red List of Threatened Species.Consumer pressure has already gotten Amazon to discontinue carrying canned shark fin soup from Pacific Rim Gourmet. Now, it's time to get it to discontinue ALL shark fin products. Roland's shark fin soup has generated customer discussions such

as, "Amazon should be ashamed of carrying such products - Remove it" and has prompted consumers to "tag" the item with tags like "extinction,endangered species,morally wrong,animal cruelty," and "senseless."We can't afford to let sharks disappear because of a rare culinary dish. They are the top predators of the ocean, and without them we will loose the species diversity and ecosystem balance they help maintain. Please contact Amazon's customer service and investor relations now, and tell them to remove this terrible product.Take action today:http://takeaction.oceana.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=6451 Want to do even more? You can contact the soup company directly at:American Roland Food Corp71 West 23rd StreetNew York, NY 10010---If you'd like to receive updates like this directly from Oceana, sign up to be a WaveMaker at:http://takeaction.oceana.org/signUp.jsp---Oceana

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