Persuasive Essay About Sharks Killing

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated"- Mahatma Gandhi.

Sharks are forever seen as man-eating monsters due to the lack of understanding about these creatures. Sharks are living beings like you or I so how can people justify killing them every day because of their image." Every hour approx. 11,417 estimated sharks are killed by a man". This statistic is pushed aside as "they are only sharks!" They may not be as loyal as a dog or as friendly as a dolphin, but I believe that all living things have the right to live their lives without fear of being killed for fun or to fulfil barbaric cultural desires. To call all sharks' man-eating monsters is like comparing the entire human race to serial killers and rapists.

The primary factor that is affecting sharks conservation is the large finning industries which treat sharks like rubbish they can discard. These industries cut off sharks’ fins to make a Chinese delicacy, shark fin soup. After these industries cut off the sharks’ fins leaving them defenceless, they then don't have even the decency in most cases to give them a quick death as they leave sharks to drown at the …show more content…

Since its release on the 20th of June 1975, people have been afraid of the sea. They enter the water and envision hearing the iconic theme tune that till this day sparks fear. These films created an idea of a monster shark that targets people and kills them easily. This idea of sharks picking humans of one by one brought about a lot of catching and killing of sharks as some would say "after all it is them or us." Some stated that they felt no remorse as in their minds they were killing monsters. All this pandemonium on the image of sharks due to this horror film yet why is nobody killing bees after the film "killer bees "in 1974? Why is it that this horror film was seen as real whereas all the others are

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