Shark week is upon us featuring a variety of different shows available to us showing us everything there is to know about sharks in all of their glory. With shark week comes an unfortunate reality, shark fin products seem to pop up on menus across the U.S despite various statewide bans in place preventing the import or sale of the fins. Most recognizable, the seemingly posh shark fin soup, a delicacy to those who enjoy it but there's a very disturbing and sad reality attached to this repulsive soup.
Most recently, Canada put a nationwide ban on the importing of shark fin products which was monumental as they were the largest importer of shark fin products outside of Asia. There are initiatives in place to strengthen these bans across the globe including the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act of 2019 which would make it illegal to buy, sell, posses shark fin products. It is imperative that this bill make it to the legislature because on average, over 70 million sharks are killed each year in this horrendous industry.
As with any ecosystem, natural predators like sharks are crucial to maintaining a natural balance. Shark fin removal is a cruel procedure that sees the fins removed from the sharks before their limp bodies are tossed back in to the ocean. Without their fins, they cannot swim essentially leaving them to drown, bleed out slowly, or lay in wait for another predator to mutilate them as they lay helpless on the base of the ocean. It's absolutely despicable that anyone would continue to serve shark fin products when the whole thing is so blatantly cruel to sharks. They die a slow, painful death all so that we can enjoy some despicable soup perceived as some delicacy. I know I've mentioned this in other posts before but this is simply another example of a species that is at the mercy of the stupid human race. No animal on this planet is safe from our salacious desire to take whatever we want without regard for where it's coming from or the price those we take from pay for our desires. Shark finning is wholly cruel and completely unnecessary and it's crucial that we work towards a complete ban across the globe. At this very moment, a quarter of all shark species are endangered entirely due to shark finning and over fishing. When will we stop taking without thinking about the effects our stupidity are having on our planet? HAPPY VEG
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