SHARK SHowing Animals
Respect and Kindness
February 2017
See ALERT - We Can Save the Rays, Please Take Action!
As we reported to you in a previous update, legislation has been
introduced in Maryland to ban the horrific slaughter of cownose rays.
While the original legislation would have been for an ongoing ban of
the contests, it was amended to be a two-year ban while the MD Department of
Natural Resources prepares a management plan.
While this is not everything we hoped for, the amended legislation passed
the MD Senate by a stunning 46-0 shut out. The legislation was also changed
to be an “emergency” bill meaning it would take effect immediately and ban
contests planned for this year, while the normal legislation would have not
taken effect until after the contests would have been held, so that is
important.
One of the innocent victims of the ray killing contest
On February 15, SHARK investigator Stu Chaifetz travelled to Maryland to testify on behalf of the bill. It is critical to note that the only reason why any of this is happening is because of the dramatic video we captured of the slaughters. This video has broken the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people who witnessed innocent pregnant rays being beaten with bats, and newborn rays being shot at point-blank range and left to die slow, painful deaths.
Without SHARK, theses miserable and disgusting contests would be ongoing without anyone knowing the true horrors being committed. Instead, today more than 202,000 people have signed the petition calling for these contests to end and hundreds of thousands more people have seen our videos. In fact, because of the legislation, TheDodo.com reached out to us asking if they could use our video to promote the cause, which has brought awareness to even more people.
Rays! Image from oean.nationalgeographic.com
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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