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Astridia
10-13-2017, 05:55 PM
https://www.change.org/p/etsy-stop-the-sale-of-real-seahorses-on-etsy/fbog/811540141?recruiter=811540141&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=autopublish


Seahorses (of all Sp.) are protected under CITES and thus the trade/sale (as far as I am aware) Is illegal.
If you can sign and share we can help the seahorses! (They're already at such risk due to marinas and boat rope moorings - these destroy the seaweed fields in the shallows that they prefer to hang out in.)

Khaleesi Daenerys
10-13-2017, 07:01 PM
That is horrible, thank you for setting this up. I signed it and sent it in a group text to friends who said they'll share it too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3181192/Seahorses-extinct-30-years-Trade-dried-wildlife-souvenirs-marine-creatures-wiped-out.html

https://www.google.com/amp/www.scotsman.com/news/environment/endangered-seahorses-dried-alive-and-turned-into-jewellery-1-4535506/amp

http://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/2016/07/seahorses--eight-million-peru-smuggling-crime-blotter

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216759/Seahorses-banned-eBay-stop-sold-illegally-Chinese-medicine-trade.html

Astridia
10-14-2017, 03:13 AM
I didn't set it up, just sharing! but yay for more signatures.