Brett here. This week I'm going to talk about the group that we made, No Fins No Future. No Fins No Future was started last year by some of the seniors from the Zoo Academy. Those seniors (plus some juniors, including myself) were the ones who talked with the senators and wrote the legislative resolution that we submitted to the Nebraska Legislature. LR207 is now set to be brought before committee sometime at the beginning of this coming year. The seniors from last year didn't really work on gaining support or promoting our group after they submitted LR207, so No Fins No Future died off slightly as the seniors went away to college. At the beginning of this school year, however, some of the new seniors (such as myself) picked up where last year's seniors had left off, and we have done much more with No Fins No Future. We have created a Powerpoint and gone to some of the local high schools to talk to the students there to educate our peers. We have been in communication with conservation groups such as the Humane Society US, Shark Defenders, Fins Attached, Shark research Institute, and many others. We have created pages on both Facebook and Twitter, and I have started this blog to spread information to the public. We are working on creating an official logo to represent our group. We have done research to find facts and information to explain why shark finning is an immoral and unhealthy practice. We are prepared to go before the court when the time comes and get LR207 made into a bill and stop the possession and trade of shark fins in Nebraska.
Our Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Fins-No-Future/284128625056139
Our Twitter page is @NoFinning
We can be reached directly through our teacher's email: zooacademy@yahoo.com
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