Thumbs Down To Atlantis, Dubai: Free Sammy The Whale Shark Now!!!
Free Sammy campaign gains momentum
| http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/09/02/12/10284769.html |
02/12/2009 03:04 PM | By Anupa Kurian, Readers Editor
Dubai: The world has not forgotten. Sammy the whale shark and his gilded captivity still matters. Organisations
have added momentum to Gulf News’ ‘Free Sammy’ campaign with an open letter appealing for the release of the animal.
Sammy has now been in captivity for over 160 days. The campaign was wound down on January 16 with a final call to “not let the whale shark be forgotten”.
Lisa Shrake Perry, programme manager for EWS-WWF (Emirates Wildlife Society in association with the World Wide Fund for Nature), said: “Since the beginning [September], we have given interviews and called for the whale shark to be released. But, our messages were never returned by Atlantis.
“So, we thought we would collectively write a letter signed by national and international organisations, so they understand that there is a lot of weight to it.”…
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