Overwhelming Majority of Canadians Support a Federal Shark Fin Import Ban, Survey Finds
Humane Society International/Canada Renews Calls for Parliament to Support Shark Fin Import Ban
(firmenpresse) - MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 03/20/13 -- Humane Society International/Canada is renewing calls for Members of Parliament to support Bill C-380 to ban the import of shark fins into Canada in response to a new , which revealed 81 percent of Canadians support such a ban. Parliament is preparing to hold a vote on the Bill on March 27.
Gabriel Wildgen, campaigner for HSI/Canada stated, "Shark finning is horribly cruel and poses an urgent threat to our ocean ecosystems. It's not surprising that most Canadians want our country to take a stand against shark finning rather than contribute to the industry. Members of Parliament must listen to their constituents and pass the shark fin import ban before it is too late."
Member of Parliament Fin Donnelly, who introduced the Private Member's Bill commented, "The global shark fin trade is responsible for killing millions of sharks each year. Canadians do not support the illegal trade of shark fins and want the federal government to take action by banning the importation of shark fins to Canada. I hope Parliamentarians will present their constituents' views by voting in favour of my bill."
Shark finning is the practice of cutting fins off of sharks and discarding the animals in the ocean. The finned sharks often die slowly from suffocation, bleeding, and predation from other species. Tens of millions of sharks are killed each year to feed the global demand for shark fin soup.
Many shark species are apex predators, meaning that they help to regulate all other species under them in the ocean food chains. As shark populations decline, the entire ocean ecosystem is thrown out of balance. Several shark species have plummeted by over 90 percent in recent decades.
In 2012, Canada imported more than 106,000 kg of shark fins. HSI/Canada is urging all Canadians to sign the in support of Bill C-380 and to asking them to vote in favour of the Bill.
Telephone surveys were conducted between Feb. 26 and Mar. 10, 2013 with a randomly selected sample of 2,006 Canadians. The poll has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, at the 95 percent confidence level.
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to view Environics poll results.
Humane Society International/Canada is a leading force for animal protection, with active programs in companion animals, wildlife and habitat protection, marine mammal preservation, farm animal welfare and animals in research. HSI/Canada is proud to be a part of Humane Society International which, together with its partners, constitutes one of the world's largest animal protection organizations. Celebrating animals and confronting cruelty worldwide - on the Web at
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Dean Pogas
HSI/Canada
514.261.6007/514.395.2914
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