New Orleans,
11
July
2015
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17:00 PM
America/Chicago
Shark Awareness Day Caption Sheet
Caption Sheet – Shark Awareness Day
• Shark Awareness Day is Thursday, June 14
• Audubon Nature Institute is helping to raise awareness about the challenges sharks face in the wild
• Major threats to sharks include overfishing, climate change, and human consumptions
• 200,000 sharks are killed every day due to unregulated fishing
• You can help by spreading the word with the hashtag #savingspecies
• You can also support sustainable seafood and the ban on shark finning
• Learn more at a special shark chat on Thursday at 1 p.m. in front of the Gulf of Mexico Exhibit at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas