Shark finning - the act of slicing fins off of live sharks before tossing the wounded animals back into the ocean where they sink and eventually die because they can’t swim - is such a horrible act of animal cruelty that twelve U.S. states have banned the sale of shark fins in an effort to deter the practice. The bans are so difficult to enforce that restaurants in at least ten of the states still have shark fin soup on the menu, and some are starting to question if the ban is worth it. The...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/shark-fins-still-being-sold-in-u-s-restaurants-amid-ban
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