Nature is meant to be preserved, not destroyed. Humanity’s enemies aren’t evil, they are just misunderstood. Sharks have posed as an enemy against humans for a myriad of years, launching attacks every now and then on the average citizen. Now the tables have turned, as humans now attack sharks, decreasing their population by millions, annually. All information used in this article has been derived from the following sources, “What Do You Know About Sharks?” By Sharon Guynup, “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley, and a Shark Infographic from Discovery Channel. Despite the fact that sharks have been portrayed in a negative light over the past few decades, it is made clear that the elimination of sharks should be banned, since the creatures can easily mistake humans entering their territory as injured prey, and that sharks are only opposed to eating humans, as their diet consists mainly of seafood and other ocean life.
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Sharks have become a delicacy and also a sport to kill in countries around the world. In coastal places along the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, sharks are relentlessly killed for fun. Within the text of “Great White Sharks” by Peter Benchley, the author states, “...and the odious practice of finning-slicing the fins off sharks to sell in Asian markets, then todding the living animals overboard to die.” He also states, “Immodestly I claim some credit for the change in attitude. For a while the Jaws phenomenon was blamed for distorting the public’s view of sharks and causing sporadic outbreaks of macho mayhem.” (922) The author, who is the same man who has produced the film “Jaws”, takes partial blame for being one of the main causes that has stimulated society’s warped views on the topic of sharks. He later instills the idea in his remaining audience that most sharks
The Great Shark debate – to cull or not to cull, has been at the forefront of the minds of conservationists, as well as the general population for many decades now. The opinions of everyone are divided, according to their personal experiences, and views on what is right and wrong for the environment.
So why do we need sharks? Well, Sharks help keep the ocean healthy and clean for over 450 million years. They also help remove half of the worlds green house gases and produces oxygen more than all of the rainforest's combined! Sharks are just as important as all the trees in the world because they have one thing in common, provide us with oxygen. Without the sharks help we wouldn't be able to get rid as much of the greenhouse gases as we want to, which means global warming would have a lower rate of happening faster. Most importantly they provide us with food. How? They would usually eat the old, sick or slower fish in the population of the ocean to the right size so the prey species don't cause harm to ecosystem by becoming to populated. They are also at the top of the food web. If all the sharks went extinct the entire food web would collapse causing many other species of fish to disappear. So instead of killing the sharks, we could lure them away to somewhere else. As they have a huge impact to the environment.
Throughout the film there are many experts about the ocean and the animals that live in it. Researcher Ritter the misconception of the shark’s species is blown out of proportion by the media, which is why sharks have such an awful reputation. Experts touch up on this subject adding how even one of the biggest movies Jaws is a very large portion from where people get their fears from or it could be from all of the “shark attacks” on the news. Rob discusses how at the rate we are going we can destroy all of the food chains in the marine ecosystem, and this is where most of our oxygen comes from. Throughout the film experts Rob Stewart and Paul Watson are trying to get long lining banned in Costa Rica. Paul makes a really interesting point saying how the biggest problem is that we do not understand what we are and we are just a bunch of “conceited naked apes” that are out of
I believe that killer whales held hostage, should be retired and allowed to live freely because of the unnatural punishment and torture that Seaworld is putting them through. There has been 151 cases of aggression between Orcas and their trainers. Also 100% of male Orcas in captivity have a collapsed fin compared to the 0.01% in the wild. In fact, every single mother within captivity has had its calf taken away around age 2. This isn't going to stop without your help. So, here are some more facts to convince you to SAS ( strike against Seaworld. )
One of the governments main reasons for culling the sharks is because they are coming in too close to the shores and becoming a potential threat to swimmers. But why is this happening? This is due to a change in shark feeding habits, but because they are eating more human of course not! Rather because us humans are over fishing and eliminating the fish/food sources of which sharks normally feed on. This is forcing sharks to come in closer to find food. Us as humans have forced sharks to come in closer and are now killing sharks because of our a...
"Hey mom!" "Yes, my dear?" "It's starting to look like that Orca wants to drown its trainer." "Oh no sweetie. It's just your imagination." But what if it's not?
The bull shark may be responsible for many shark attacks in the world but I believe that we have no right to kill them. Sharks are very important to animals food cycles and if the food cycles get messed up it can greatly effect the world. In fact, the bull shark is more vulnerable to human impact due to their ability to live in fresh and salt water but many sharks that are killed are for either shark fin soup or their liver oil. The sharks liver oil has many uses now but it started as a machine lubricant. Another way that sharks die is by recreational fishing. The sharks can get caught up in the fishermen's nets and eventually suffocate and die. As an environmental community, I feel like we need to inform people about shark habits and how to keep sharks safe. The water is their home and we are
The first groups/people that I have chose that are for shark culling are the Western Australian Government including WA premier Colin Barnett and a lady called Krystle Westwood. The reason KryColin Barnett and the Western Australian Government wants to cull sharks is because innocent civilians are being scared, harrassed and potentially bitten and killed by sharks at local crowded beaches. One of the main jobs that the Western Australian Government has to do is to keep their people safe, and if their people are in danger they will do almost anything in order to keep them safe. Aswell as this, shark signtings, shark attacks and news about deaths from shark attacks can catch onto the news and travel around Australia and sometimes the world. This news
Instead, like sheepdogs working a flock, they heard the schools into tight groups they can control” (Morrell). Mothers have been filmed teaching this trait, among other skills, to their young.
Sharks appear to be very vicious creatures that will eat or kill anything in its path. People think that all sharks are harmful and deadly to humans. However, research shows that this statement is not true. Sharks can be trained and tamed. They are just like big, aquatic dogs. Only about 2 dozen types of sharks are potentially harmful to humans. Shark attacks are also much more uncommon than one may think. Despite their fearsome appearances, sharks are not as vicious as they look.
Every year, there are about 100 million Sharks killed, ultimately for its commercial success. Their fins are used as the main ingredient for a dish so-called Shark soup. However, many are unaware of the actual importance of Sharks' existence on Earth. They do a number of things to control and balance aquatic life down below, which in return affects how we live on the surface. Sharks have existed in our world for over 400 million years, if they were to suddenly disappear for industrial purposes, much problems will be encountered throughout the world. We must preserve the lives of Sharks, for many reasons most importantly that shark hunting is morally wrong, it may provide economic failure in a given time, and it may serve a critical unbalance of a healthy environmental state.
In 2015 only 59 shark attacks have occurred around the world compared to the millions of sharks killed by humans every year. Due to these accidental shark attacks people tend to think that sharks, especially Great Whites are evil creatures with malice intentions when attacks do occur; but, on the contrary that is wrong. Sharks are not the only beautiful and unique creatures in the ocean, they also play a vital role in our ecosystem; however, due to human interference they might not be around much longer, through awareness sharks can be protected from endangerment.
Imagine living in a small cage for an eternity. How would one feel? How would one react? How would one live? Orcas have been captured and forced to live a life filled with strangers and unsatisfactory administration . However, performing whales provide knowledge, jobs, money, and entertainment to people all over the world. Orcas should be free in the wild because they do not receive proper nutrition or care. Also they get stressed out from being confined to a limited space. Society might say that the money, jobs, and entertainment is a great benefit to the world and is harmless to the orcas. But they are remarkably unaware that there are so many horrific things that orcas endure to be a slave superstar. Whales should be free in the wild where they belong and ban captivity.
Thesis: Sharks should be conserved because they are an important part of the ocean, attacks are often incidental, and human behavior influences the behavior of sharks.
I’m sure everyone here has seen jaws and heard that scary theme music that goes with it. Films like this have given a big reputation to sharks being dangerous and the threatening sea animals. The media also doesn’t help this! Today I will be arguing for the rights of these misjudged sharks and how this new “catch and kill policy” is totally wrong. I am sure that after this you will believe, like me and so many others that sharks are Jaw-some and should not be culled.