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Since when did the gentle giant get hunted? It’s been going on. 600 are slaughtered a year and are worth $30k each. (Smithsonian Mag) China Whale Sharks from WildLifeRisk on Vimeo.
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Since when did the gentle giant get hunted? It’s been going on. 600 are slaughtered a year and are worth $30k each. (Smithsonian Mag) China Whale Sharks from WildLifeRisk on Vimeo.
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Shark Tank! The TV Show? If it’s not eating shark fin, here’s another way sharks can die. Three sharks died in this incident while 15 people suffered injuries thanks to flying glass, etc.
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Our friend Brian Lam from Gizmodo chimes in about the shark fin ban debate. He’s Chinese American and like many, he’s not impressed regardless. Yet more nails in the coffin for this dish. (Scuttlefish – Shark Fin)
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AB 376 – That’s the law that was signed by Governor Jerry Brown and will ban shark fin sales in California which means shark fins will be off the menu at your high end Chinese restaurant. Most of the soups look like the left photo, which might have shark fin shaved so thin that you can’t taste it. What’s the point of that? It might have been cultural to have this soup but at the expense of a species? This is Jonathan Gold’s opinion about the banning of shark fin that comes from a food critic and not a political pundit. (LA Weekly – J Gold)
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