Shark fin soup is a soup or broth of Chinese origin made with shark fin and flavoured with chicken or some other stock. The fin itself has very little flavour and it is used primarily to add texture to the dish and because it is seen as a delicacy. Shark fin soup is not cheap - it can easily cost upwards of $100 per bowl, shark fin soup is being consumed in vast quantities, placing an unsustainable and crippling demand on shark populations.
This I can deal with but the fact is that Shark fining is the practice of slicing off the shark's fins while the shark is still alive and throwing the rest of its body back into the ocean where it can take days to die what must be an agonising death. Some sharks starve to death, others are slowly eaten by other fish, and some drown, because sharks need to keep moving to force water through their gills for oxygen. Shark fins are used as the principal ingredient of shark fin soup, an Asian "delicacy". Demand for shark fin soup has rocketed in recent years due to the increased prosperity of China and other countries in the Far East. Shark fin soup, which can easily cost $100 a bowl, is often served at wedding celebrations so that the hosts can impress their guests with their affluence. Fishermen are only interested in the fins because shark meat is of low economical value and takes up too much space in the hold. It also contains urea, which turns to ammonia once the shark has died and contaminates other fish.
Shark fin itself is tasteless, it just provides a gelatinous bulk for the soup which is flavoured with chicken or other stock. Many people, especially the consumers, are unaware of the suffering that fining causes. Tens of millions of sharks are slaughtered every year to satisfy the demand for shark fin soup; at least 8,000 tonnes of shark fins are shipped to restaurants around the world. Fishermen report that sharks are getting smaller because they are not being given time to mature. How they kill sharks and leave them to die is illegal, however people do it anyway. Most people are afraid of sharks but to tell the truth, coconuts kill more people then sharks do. And no animal should have such a miserably, horribly, barbaric way of dieing.
Let’s start putting a end to this and not support, this massacre! Do not eat shark fin soup or go to the restaurants. (Wow I said a lot!)
Thank you, for reading!!!!! And please, don't support shark fining! If you want to see more here is the place where i got my info!! http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/index.htm
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