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- Cruel Cuisine 2: Sharks Fin Soup
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Shark Finning
As you are reading this, every second, 3 sharks gets killed by a man somewhere...
Sharks are hunted world-wide for their fins, because there is a demand for it. It has been used mainly for the oriental cuisine shark fin soup, but also for certain medicinal cures.
Contrary to what many people assumed, these majestic creatures are finned globally by countries in Europe, Americas, and the Pacific, not just in Asia. It is a multi-billion dollar industry, and it is estimated that between 10 to 100 million sharks are killed globally just for their fins.
As a cuisine, sharks fin soup are usually served in occasional feasts and in wedding banquets. One of the reasons could be that in the old days, sharks fin are hard to come by, and only the very wealthy can afford it. As such, consuming sharks fin is deemed to be an appropriate status symbol for the rich.
Before I knew better, sharks fin soup used to be one of my favorite dishes that I look forward to. But, thanks to the internet and what WildAid did together with a host of celebrities, when I realize how wasteful and ruthless we are in finning the sharks and throwing them back to the sea ALIVE... I vowed never again to eat or use anything that has sharks fin in it.
We should stop plundering and raping Mother Earth and the creatures who share the Earth with us. The people who do all these finning will not be giving up their killing anytime soon, why? Because we, as consumers, created that 'billions of dollars' of demand for it! The only way for the killing to stop, is if the buying stops first.
If you do consume sharks fin soup in dinners and wedding banquets, then may I ask you to join me in saying NO to this cruel cuisine, starting right now!
Read more about it at Wikipedia, Sharkwater, Vision Dive, and Shark Foundation
- F.a.q. - Frequently Asked Questions
Thanks to all who wrote in to ask me questions about how to prevent animal cruelty and to stop animal abuse. I am deeply moved and encouraged by the number of emails I received giving me positive feedback and encouragement, and offers of help and compliments...
- Cruel Cuisine 2: Sharks Fin Soup
Imagine yourself being captured, your arms and legs get cut off with a cleaver by your captors, for what reason, you do not know. Bleeding, you get thrown back onto the streets with no one around. Barely alive and conscious, a slow and painful death...
- Animals With The Most Prolific Teeth
The teeth are the hardest of any animal’s body part. Sharks are among the animals in the world with the sharpest teeth. Beavers are known for their ability to cut down trees using only their teeth. Teeth are use in eating and in fighting. It is one...
- Exceptionally Unique Fishes In The World
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