Next time you hit the beach (admittedly, it is autumn so you might not be doing that for a while!) watch out for nearby shops selling dried seahorses, shells or even Puffer Fish. Sea horses are amazing creatures found across the world. Unfortunately, their body shape means they're not particularly good swimmers so they can easily die of exhaustion, which, of course means that they're vulnerable to trade like this.
A campaign by the amazing Seahorse Trust thinks that millions of them could be illegally imported over the internet which could be driving some species to extinction!!! It's not necessarily that shop owners know that it's illegal, it's just cheap and gets them money. Even though it might not seem like there's much we can do, there's something everyone can do - just don't buy them in the shops! Then we can starve the trade of money so it will stop!
Make sure you check out The Seahorse Trust: www.theseahorsetrust.org
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