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Adopt a Shark for Valentine's Day

Adopt a Shark for Valentine's Day for $12 + free shipping

Feb 13, 2012 5:43 AM

use promo code "LOVE" in all caps without the quotes, to get the sale price. regular price is $15

For $12 you get a Personalized Certificate, Photo & Fact Sheet. Other gift sets available for slightly more. See right side of page

Help Keep our Ocean’s Sharks From Disappearing
How Your Adoption Helps Save Sharks:
Allowing us to continue our efforts in the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to obtain conservation measures for the most threatened shark species such as the extremely endangered hammerhead shark.
Supporting our domestic efforts with NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure endangered shark species are protected in America’s coastal waters from finning and bycatch.
Continuing our work with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna and the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission to create and enforce stricter conservation measures to prevent deaths as bycatch

@ secure.defenders.org

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use promo code LOVE in all caps for the discounted price. The promo code gives you 20% off any adoption kit you choose, even the higher priced ones with the plush dolls. This $12 kit doesn't include a plush doll

there are also other lovable but not as cuddly animals for adoption on that website. Click on the animal of your choice on the left side, or click the "All animals" link to see more. You don't have to feed the shark or read it bedtime stories either. Although the items you get are shipped via USPS, you can download an e-card and a copy of the certificate right away after purchase

w00tgurl w00tgurl
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Hammer heads or GTFO

mikeknight01 mikeknight01
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Nothing says "I love you" like 300 teeth aligned in 5 to 7 rows of death.

stipo stipo
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Anybody know how much percentage actually goes toward saving the animals and not into someone's pocket? I see from their website that 90% goes toward 'Program and Support Services' and 10% toward 'Fundraisers', but that's pretty vague.

tayl428 tayl428
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Do they send you the whole thing or just the meat? If I have to gut it myself it's not worth it.

silveravnt silveravnt
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I found the IRS form 990 on their website, and like all IRS forms, it probably gives me more questions than answers (lol), but I see ~$32MM total revenue with ~$30MM total expenses with a net of ~$2.58MM. At least they are in the black financially, but assuming that 'expenses' are operational costs and not actual costs going to 'directly' help animals, that would say that for every dollar you donate, only about 8 cents goes toward the fund, and 92 cents pays for the organization support to generate that 8 cents. Anyone else have a read on this?

tayl428 tayl428
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If you go to the bottom of one of the adopt pages it gives you a breakdown of how they spend their money

https://secure.defenders.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=wagc_riverotter

8% goes into fundraising projects while 92% goes towards their services.

aaranpate aaranpate
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@aaranpate: You and Tay point out something that is important to me. While I would like to take advantage of this offer I think I will instead donate to my local raptor center and make my own "certificate" to present to my b/f tomorrow. So thank you @w00tgurl for the good idea!

coconutextreme coconutextreme
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Are they serious about this. Who in the heck would pay money for this. I want some Shark Fin soup for $12 (+S&H). If people buy into this, I have some BadoingAdoings (pronounced Ba-doing-AAAA-doing) that need to be saved for $25 (+S&H). I wanna Woot that.

kreineman kreineman
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@kreineman:
Lots of people might pay for this. Many species of sharks are endangered. They get a bad rap simply because they don't look cuddly but they have an important part in the ecosystem as a top predator.

frenat frenat
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Awesome.
Nothing symbolizes the women in my love life better than this.
Happy Valentine's day present to me.

skutir skutir
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Gotta get in on one of these touchy feel good things. I would be laughing all the way to the bank. Wonder how much their top guy gets paid.

kreineman kreineman
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@kreineman: On their IRS forms, in 2009, the president made $295k, the exec VP made $250k, and asst treasurer made $150k.

tayl428 tayl428
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Looks like your money is going to the sharks alright, the CEO's and VP's!!

heirwalker heirwalker

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