Sharks are awesome, right?! To humans, sharks are mysterious, scary, and pretty rad—but did you know that our fear and obsession with them is actually killing them?

Approximately 73 million sharks a year are slaughtered for their teeth, jaws, and fins, simply for human fascination. This fascination not only causes the unnecessary deaths of millions of sharks but also results in the unnatural imprisonment of sharks at SeaWorld. Celebrate Shark Week by speaking up for these misunderstood animals.

SHARK FINNING: COLDBLOODED CRUELTY FOR HOT SOUP

The Situation

Every day, fishers catch sharks, cut off their fins, and throw the still-living sharks back into the ocean to bleed to death. This happens to millions of sharks every year around the world, just so that their fins can end up in a bowl of soup. Sharks are being pushed closer to extinction—95 percent of many species’ populations have been killed since the 1970s.

How You Can Help Sharks

Stop the demand of all cruel products that come from animals by going vegan! By going vegan, you could save 100 animals per year from unnecessary pain and death. Sign the pledge to go vegan and let everyone know that you love sharks by tweeting one of the facts below.

SEAWORLD: A PRISON FOR SHARKS 

The Situation

Sharks are denied everything that is natural and important to them at SeaWorld. In the wild, they swim hundreds of miles a day, but at SeaWorld, they’re confined to tiny tanks in which all they can do is swim back and forth all day.

In the wild, their athletic abilities are astounding. Great white sharks can jump up to 10 feet in the air, but in captivity, they have no room for athletics. They also don’t get to show their softer side: Some species of sharks, including whale sharks, have big families. A whale shark was once found carrying 300 live shark pups all at once!

SPEAK UP—GET POINTS!

Show your ♥ for sharks on Twitter! Tweet one of these facts to speak up for sharks imprisoned at SeaWorld and killed for food.

• Sharks have been around longer than dinosaurs and humans; now they’re stuck at SeaWorld. 

• The average shark lives to be 25 years old, but some can get as old as 100! In captivity, some only live a few DAYS because of stress. 

• Sharks living in frigid waters can warm up their eyes using a special organ next to a muscle in their eye socket. 

• In the wild, sharks swim hundreds of miles a day, but at SeaWorld, they’re confined to tiny tanks, in which all they can do is swim back and forth all day.

• Only 64 deaths from great white shark attacks were reported between 1580 and 2007, but last year, humans killed 73 million sharks.

Click on “Get points” above to submit a screenshot of your tweet for 500 points!