Kids Care: Save our Sharks

19 February 2014

Sharks get a bad rap for being ‘dangerous predators’ that need to be controlled. That might be true in Hollywood, but in the real world humans are way more deadly for sharks.

Silky sharks circle a recently placed FAD (fish aggregating device) in international waters in the Indian Ocean. The marine snare was left by a vessel supplying Thai Union. A Greenpeace team recovered the FAD and took it back to the Esperanza for dismantling.

Silky sharks circle a recently placed FAD (fish aggregating device) in international waters in the Indian Ocean. The marine snare was left by a vessel supplying Thai Union. A Greenpeace team recovered the FAD and took it back to the Esperanza for dismantling.

© Will Rose / Greenpeace

Our friend Kaspar Graham-Koorey (and his father) made this video to tell everyone who the real monster is at sea, and sent it to us so we could share it with you.

 

 

When you think about it, Kaspar makes a lot more sense than the West Australian Government right now when it comes to shark management. In WA, a brutal and misguided mass cull of sharks has begun – even though shark attack rates in Australia have fallen to their lowest since 2008. You can help pile the pressure on WA Premier Colin Barnett to halt this senseless shark attack here: greenpeace.org.au/sos

Greenpeace is working to make the world a better place for the children of the present and the future. The aim of this blog is to give children a voice in the struggle for a greener planet – it’s their world too. If you’d like to submit something to Kids Care, send us a message at [email protected]