Interview · moment 11 of 37
RFK, Conservation Messaging, and Banning Shark Fishing
from The Great Shark Debate | The Tim Dillon Show #356 · #356
2 min
Guest
Eli praises RFK's approach to environmentalism through hunters and fishermen rather than politically charged language, and clarifies he only wants shark fishing banned, not all fishing.
- Shark finning kills at least 100 million sharks annually, possibly as high as 270 million—30,000 per hour.
- Someone cut out 25 shark babies, made a TikTok with them, and took prize money from iHeartRadio while scientists defended it as science.
- Tim explains why he goes crazy about conservation: science labs and NGOs are funded by the fishing industry, so they won't speak out against it.
- RFK's approach to environmentalism avoided divisive language like 'global warming' and instead asked hunters and fishermen if they wanted clean rivers and healthy forests.
- The fishing industry can play a vital role in conservation, but Tim's position is specifically to ban shark fishing, not all fishing.