Marcus Marcus, Young Founder of Save the Sharks

As Marcus Marcus puts it so well on his Save the Sharks website:

"One day last autumn I had a day off from day school and went to the water museum, Aquaria, with my mum. Right then there was a school group on a study trip and I sneaked in to listen to the guide.

The school children were mostly giggly and fighting but I stood near the guide so I could hear properly. He explained how a sickening number of sharks are captured to have their fins cut off to make shark fin soup.

I got really angry. On the boat back from Djurgården I decided to save the sharks.

My dad is a web designer and he has helped me make this website.

Here, I want to collect members for a really big shark club called "Save the sharks". Everyone who wants to protest about the killing of sharks and the eating of shark fin soup should send in their name to my club.

Soon to be translated into a fourth language, the site contains a page where people can add their name to an already 20,000-strong list of protesters from 58 different countries. His recently launched facebook group has also gathered over 1,000 members.

So what are you waiting for? Help the kid realize he can make a difference and, most importantly, help the sharks!

To add your name to the petition contact:  Marcus Marcus, President, savethesharks.info@gmail.com, Save The Sharks Club, www.savethesharks.se