Cristina Zenato

Cristina Zenato Instagram – “One small action is better than no big action” CZ
Sometimes we are stopped in our tracks when thinking about making a difference because we feel it might now be enough, it will not make an impact or affect a difference.
When we believe in something we should go for it regardless of the immediate size of the effect.
When I started to remove hooks, all I wanted was to help the sharks I was diving with. I wanted to improve their quality of life.
I didn’t think that I could not save all the sharks in the world or that my actions would have only a small effect.
Fast forward over twenty years later and those small actions turned into more than 350, and became the symbol of our anthropogenic pressure on sharks and the ocean. Seeing me removing hooks from sharks, inspired others to want to help them (not by removing hooks) but by changing laws, changing behaviors and at times changing themselves.
I have been invited in critical parts of the world to show these hooks, to promote shark conservation, to change the narrative and it all started with one hook and one shark.
Each action counts, and we never know where our small action will lead.
Image of two hooks I removed yesterday from Nacho and Liz by @kewinlorenzen
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