Starting tomorrow, 8/24, and running all week on Muttscomics.com, MUTTS will highlight the plight of sharks. You may not be aware that all shark species are in steep decline and manys are endangered. 50-100 Million are killed each year. Two of the reasons? The finning of sharks for shark fin soup, and shark tournaments.
HSI did an article on the series, and The Dorsal Fin blogged about it:
In the past few days, Patrick McDonnell’s “Mutts” comic strip has been following the perils of “Tony the Shark.” In the comic strip, Tony has been expressing his fears to his crab buddy, “Crabby,” about finning and “shark killing tournaments.” The recent entries in the comic strip are a clever play on the role-reversal of sharks having more to fear from humans than humans having to fear from sharks.
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I love everything about the Mutts comics, from the plight of dogs, the plight of the environment and the plight of endangered species. Patrick is so talented and uses his comic strips to entertain while also informing the public about so many important issues. Thank you for your kind heart!
Veronica Dickey
Patrick - thank you for bringing attention to the plight of sharks - this issue does not get nearly enough media attention. I've been campaigning for over 2 years against "shark finning" - the abominable practice of hacking the fins off sharks and throwing their still living bodies back into the sea.
http://www.stopsharkfinning.net
This link goes to my Facebook wall right now!!!.
Thank you for being an advocate for the sharks!!.
The strips are an effective counter-balance to Discovery Channel's "Shark Week" which is nothing more than sensationalism demonizing sharks. Viewers get a misconception watching that garbage that sharks are nothing but vermon of the sea killing and injuring humans. Thanks to MUTTS for helping to get the REAL story out there. Clearly we are the ones invading their habitat and then brutalizing them into extinction.
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