Duty? Nope. Here's the thing: if shark fins are valued for soup, then I think you'd make more headway with your cause if you encouraged people to
husband the creature, rather than kill it to extinction. Killing to extinction IS short-sighted; we aren't likely to run out of cats and dogs for pets,
now, are we? These creatures ARE valued. And in the result it actually doesn't matter whether the use is for pets or food (or both); killing the creatures
indiscriminately for a delicacy means the eventual end of that delicacy, right? The same with any animal whose fur, hide, meat, tusks - whatever - is valued.
To hunt to extinction is to lose the use of that product. So why not figure out how to raise them properly? But the planet does "fix itself" when it
comes to ecosystems. If one creature dies out for whatever reason, others appear to eat the food going uneaten. Fact of life. And our actions are a part of
nature, including "short-sighted" actions as well as thought-out ones. That we can actually figure out ways to NOT hunt a valued animal to extinction
is the key here - and one you might consider taking into account in presenting your case. People generally won't get too worked up over sharks per se,
because they represent a threat (even if it is not as bad a threat as it's perceived to be). Trying to change the perception is an uphill battle; working
with something being of value and how to extend the life of that creature so as to continue having the valued part seems to me a better way to go about it.
I simply don't agree that it is a fact of nature to slaughter and waste. We can go in circles here...don't see much of a point cause
we simply do not agree. All I can say is take the 90 minutes and watch the documentary. See with your ones eyes what is happening. I can't really see it
hurting much that you watch ...you may learn something ;) I am just happy to know that I am not raising my children to think in this manner...I am raising them
to respect and nurture nature. Not to be greedy and wastefull.
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05/19/08
I simply don't agree that it is a fact of nature to slaughter and waste. We can go in circles here...don't see much of a point cause we simply do not agree. All I can say is take the 90 minutes and watch the documentary. See with your ones eyes what is happening. I can't really see it hurting much that you watch ...you may learn something ;) I am just happy to know that I am not raising my children to think in this manner...I am raising them to respect and nurture nature. Not to be greedy and wastefull.
05/19/08