In honor of Shark and Ray Consciousness Day, Endangered Species Coalition and companions Oceanic Preservation Society and Canvas of the Wild are launching a brand new, restricted time solely, marketing campaign to boost the visibility of our unbelievable shark and ray species. You will be concerned by supporting our Bonfire marketing campaign, that includes a lovely picture of sharks and rays from world wide by artist Kelly Quinn!
We’re teaming up in an effort to fund the creation of a mural depicting sharks and rays within the mangrove ecosystem by Kelly Quinn, on the SHINE Mural Pageant in Florida. The mural will embrace interactive digital parts and would be the featured mural on the competition, in addition to being a part of our Nationwide Mural Venture for the Endangered Species Act fiftieth Anniversary. The Bonfire shirt gross sales open at the moment, in recognition of Shark and Ray Consciousness Day, July 14th, and shut on August tenth.
Sharks and rays are fantastically numerous animals. There are greater than 500 species of sharks discovered within the oceans of the world and greater than 630 sorts of rays and skates! Whereas rays cruise the oceans feeding on plankton and small marine animals, sharks are high predators important to sustaining the stability of all marine life. Every shark species uniquely matches with prey species abundance and variety. In flip, these relationships have a optimistic impression on the well being of essential ecosystems like coral reefs. For over 450 million years sharks have thrived in our ocean, however within the final half-century they’ve confronted extreme pressures from shark finning and the wasteful practices of the industrial fishing trade.
You’ll be able to be a part of Endangered Species Coalition and our unbelievable companions,to assist increase consciousness of sharks and rays. Take a look at Kelly’s shirt design and be taught extra on our Shark and Ray Consciousness Bonfire web page!
Kelly Quinn shares extra about why she’s utilizing artwork to name consideration to shark species conservation:
“Artwork is crucial to speaking science to individuals of all ages and contexts, very similar to the quote, ‘An image is value a thousand phrases.’Sharks have gained a destructive stigma because of horror films like Jaws, which paint the image of a senseless killing machine. The truth is sharks are fairly the other. From my experiences working with shark researchers and diving with them, they’re curious, typically shy, and really explicit about what’s on the menu and play an important position within the well being of our ocean. Right this moment, I search to inform their tales so individuals might perceive and respect sharks somewhat than vilify them.”
You’ll be able to see examples of Kelly’s murals and illustrations at Canvas of the Wild and at Kelly of the Wild
We hope you may be impressed by the great thing about the extraordinary shark species featured on this design. Thanks in your buy, supporting the Endangered Species Act at 50 Nationwide Mural Venture. Together with your help, we can create the shark and ray mural in Florida as a long-lasting reminder of the significance of those animals and of the Endangered Species Act.
