The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has a new goal -- to save the bluefin tuna. In a new and horrifying advertising campaign brought to you by the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather, fake pandas are seen being treated cruelly. The agency is trying to get people to think outside the box. If this slaughter was happening to pandas, people would be absolutely outraged. Why shouldn't the reaction be the same when this happens to fish?
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society reads "when you see a tuna, think panda. The bluefin tuna is now critically endangered to the point of extinction." The society's campaign is called Operation Blue Rage and asks people to kindly stop buying bluefin tuna.
Panda Death Shockvertising
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Raises Bluefin Tuna Awareness
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