simkaye:

One of the less talked about forms of sport/trophy hunting. 

Shark fishing tournaments target the largest members of shark populations, often playing off sharks’ bad reputation to entice more people to join. Prizes for killing the largest shark are often in the thousands. It sends an horrible message. So long as large companies like Budweiser, Coca-Cola, and Home Depot continue to sponsor these tournaments, they’re unlikely to stop anytime soon.

“Would Toyota South Africa have sponsored a tournament where if you killed the biggest lion you get a new Toyota Tundra? They would never, ever do that. Why is it that we are in a situation where what happens offshore, what happens in the oceans, that’s OK?” – Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans