John,

Every year, three million sharks are slaughtered for their livers – their bodies thrown back into the ocean to endure a slow, painful death—all for profit. Retail giants like Amazon and eBay play a tragic role in this crisis, profiting from products containing “squalene”, an oil harvested from shark livers for cosmetics and supplements that claim to enhance beauty and health.

Despite the availability of plant-based alternatives like olives, these companies continue to offer shark products, fueling the extinction of an ancient species that keep our ecosystems alive.

​​As a global community of millions, we can force these retail giants to ban the sale of shark liver oil for good. Are you in?

Amazon and eBay: Stop selling shark liver oil and products that contain shark “squalene”.

To produce just one tonne of squalene, up to three thousand sharks are killed – over 60 species are specifically targeted for their livers, with 26 classified as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The scale of this slaughter is catastrophic, especially for deepwater sharks, whose large, oil-rich livers allow them to survive in the dark ocean depths.

Companies prefer shark squalene because it’s arguably cheaper and easier to extract. But our planet pays the real price. This brutal practice is pushing these apex predators toward extinction, destabilizing ocean ecosystems, and worsening the environmental crisis.

Just recently, we’ve come together as the Ekō-Community and pushed the major airline TUI to ban transporting shark fins in their cargo. Today, we can save sharks from another major extinction threat by pushing major online retailers to stop selling shark liver oil products. Are you in?

Amazon and eBay: Ban shark liver oil products!