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March 16, 2015

Finished With Fins Campaign

Dateline 16th March 2015.

We would like to draw all members attention to a campaign to ban shark fins soup from all government related events in Singapore. The campaign is collecting pledges and you can go online at Campaign.com/FINishedwithFINs to sign up.

January 21, 2015

Indonesian Great White Shark

Dateline 17th January 2015. In mid 2014, Indonesian researchers, Fahmi and Dharmadi, published...

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October 1, 2014

Zsl Angel Shark Campaign

Dateline 30th September 2014. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is trying to win a grant...

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July 10, 2014

Scalloped Hammerheads - Endangered

Dateline 9th July 2014. The United States government has listed four populations of scalloped...

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