Article: End the Freeport Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament, Says The Humane Society of the United States

The Humane Society issued the following news release:

As shark populations face serious threats from overfishing along the East Coast, The Humane Society of the United States wrote a letter to Bill Heath, the president of the Freeport Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament of Long Island, N.Y. asking him to do the right thing and end the tournament for good. The tournament will be held on Saturday June 21, 2008 at the Guy Lombardo Marina in Freeport.

John Grandy, Senior Vice President for Wildlife and Habitat Protection at The Humane Society of the United States, urged Freeport Hudson Anglers to discontinue the cruel and inhumane shark killing tournament for the sake of the sharks themselves and ...

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