Save the Sharks
Here is an excerpt from an excellent blog entry by Michael Northan:
SOS ALERT: Save Our Sharks
Chinese New Year is nearly here (which is on 7th February in 2008, the Year of the Rat), and no doubt sharks fin soup will be on the menu in many households and restaurants….
Every year, in oceans around the world, tens of millions of sharks are hunted to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Sharks’ fins are often removed when the animals are still alive; the sharks are then thrown back into the water to endure a painful death from suffocation, blood loss, or predation by other species. Sharks are apex predators who play an essential role in marine ecosystems. The cruel and ecologically devastating practice of shark finning endangers their survival….Read his entry to find out what you can do to save other animals from cruelty
Stop the cruelty towards sharks. While in Thailand, please don’t eat shark fin soup! .