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!
8 comments:
This is very sickening! It seems like people will just murder anything now without any thought....my brother says sharks are just not meant to be eaten, but then what about all the other animals? There are just so many holes in this, maybe as long as cruelty isn't involved then the slaughter for meat should be allowed do you think? Demand then you get, sadly.
People who abuse animals should be published on the Internet so that everyone can see these people. Here is a website that does just that and published the names and images of people arrested for animal abuse
Can someone kill animal abusers already? They just need to die, animals don't deserve to be abused!
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yuck!! this is so gross! this is so wrong just killing sharks for there fins. seriously like what the hell???!
this is too cruel..... this can't go on for much longer. sharks misunderstood! only a small handful of them are dangerous 10% how could people do such a horrific thing!
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wow only 8 comments for shakrs but hundreds for puppies...ppl are so hypocritical
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