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Dear Prime Minister Harper - please hear my plea and bring an end to shark finning.

12/2/2012

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Let's stop the slaughter.
This morning, with my parent's help, I sent my first real email. I wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. I am so upset about the City of Toronto's decision to overturn the ban on eating shark fins and shark fin products. I have to do everything I can to stop the cruel slaughter of these fantastic fish.

If you are reading this blog, I really hope that you help me be a voice for change. We can't keep killing sharks. Too many are dying. It isn't right. We can stop it. Please believe we can make a difference.

Dear Prime Minister Harper,

Imagine if you were a shark. Your kind has been on our planet for over 400 million years. You date back before the time of dinosaurs. In the last few years, you can't understand what is happening to all of your friends and family. They are being killed for their fins and then thrown back in the ocean to die. It is cruel and painful and you are so sad watching it happen. You are afraid for your life, every single day.

My name is Maddie. I am a 9 year old girl from Waterloo, Ontario who is in grade 4 at The Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School. I am passionate about saving our sharks and oceans. With every breath with take, with every drop of water we drink, we are connected to the oceans. 

Sharks are a key part of the oceans. They are the top of the food chain and we kill over 70 millions sharks every year in the most cruel ways. Sharks are amazing, powerful and majestic fish. No creature has more or less right to be alive. 

At a federal level, please make the eating of shark fins illegal in Canada, the country I am so proud to call my home. Keeping our oceans balanced will help them stay healthy and help our fisheries for generations to come.

I am very upset and crying about the City of Toronto's decision to overturn the eating of shark fins and shark fin products. Please, please help me stop the slaughter of these amazing fish. We need them to stay alive for the health of our planet. Here is a link to the article in The Globe and Mail.

Thank you for spending the time to read my email. It would mean to much to me if you answered my email and helped me with my call to action.


I would like you to know that I blog about our oceans at www.coolclicksplanet.com where I write about ways to save our planet. I am the first International Ambassador for AfriOceans Conservation Alliance at www.aoca.org.za

I put my faith in you,

Maddie Cranston, Ocean Warrior


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Matt Schwalbach link
12/3/2012 03:50:46 am

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Lynette Cassell
12/3/2012 03:59:24 am

Maddie you are only nine, and the passion I felt in reading your email to our Prime Minister to end the shark finning in Canada is very informative, and speaks the truth. Thank you, I live in British Columbia, and our province is fighting to end the sale of shark fins in our province too. Some municipalities have banned it, but others are still deciding. It's seems to be a no brainer to people like you and I who want this to end. I just wanted to thank you for being involved, and voicing your opinion. I have two little girls(3 and 6) and they don't like shark finning either. I hope PM Harper reads and acts on this very important matter.

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Maddie
12/4/2012 09:15:15 am

Thank you Lynette. You are helping me with the courage to be a voice for our sharks. They are so beautiful and need a chance. Thank you for your support. For our sharks and our oceans. Maddie

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Lesley Rochat link
12/3/2012 02:53:43 pm

Dear Maddie, thank you for being so brave, for doing what so many adults think of but never actually do, help us fight to save our beautiful sharks and oceans. The AfriOceans team and all our AfriOceans Warriors, including me are right behind you - I will contact you soon to find a way to help you help our sharks. Love Lesley Rochat (Shark Warrior)

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Maddie
12/4/2012 09:18:58 am

Hi Lesley. Thank you so much for ALL your encouraging words. I feel your strength. You are a big mentor in my life. Thank you for also believing in me. Sharks need our help and you ARE saving them! Love, Maddie

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Margaret McCullough( Fin Free British Columbia)
12/3/2012 11:26:21 pm

Hello Maddie, thank you so much for supporting sharks. I run the Fin Free campaign in Victoria BC and British Columbia. We work with a group of kids to have shark fin banned in all cities and towns in BC. We are also working to get a Provincial and Federal ban. Please contact us so that we can help you with your goals. Here is our Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fin-Free-Victoria/263367703732989

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Maddie
12/4/2012 09:21:10 am

Hi Margaret. My mom and I are going to look at your facebook page. I feel better knowing that you know what sharks are going through and you are making a difference to help save them. I hope to visit BC soon and visit people like you who care so much about our oceans and our sharks.

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Marion link
12/3/2012 11:45:20 pm

Hi Maddie, Thank you for your passionate letter..I too hate the abuse of sharks and all other animals. I hope PM Harper will read your letter and does the right thing and to BAN shark finning..I too live in BC and many people are screaming to ban it BC wide and Canada wide..Your parents are wonderful people..it shows in the fact that you are such a passionate little girl with a huge heart..Thank you Maddie and your parents..

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Maddie
12/4/2012 09:17:20 am

Thank you Marion. My parents are really helping me in a big way. And so is my older sister. I really like that you wrote me on my blog. It encourages me to keep fighting to save our sharks. Together we can make a difference.

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Greg Cossey
12/4/2012 11:24:42 am

Maddie, You have made me cry. Your youth, passion and braveness to go righ to the top is an inspiration. I am one of those that fought for a ban her in Port Moody BC. The first city in the province to take action. We are seeing it spread daily from municipality to municipality. We here see what you have done and want to let you know that we are behind you all the way. Namaste.

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Maddie
12/8/2012 02:42:25 am

Hi Greg,
So great to know there are other people - YOU, to support me and help me along the way. Just know that we are making a difference and saving sharks. The fact that you are doing what you are doing gives me energy to continue being a voice for those who have none. I bow to you too. For our sharks and our oceans. Maddie.

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Neb
12/19/2012 05:50:39 am

Dear Maddie,
Thank you for being so brave and so upfront with your concerns. You are an inspiration.
However, I am not sure that Mr. Harper is a person that can comprehend and help with the movement to save the Planet. Hopefully there will be another PM that will be smarter and more inclined to help.
Nevertheless, your letter and blog is the inspiration for us all and we are proud to know you.
Cheers!

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