Negative Effects Of Shark Finning

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Sharks and humans have interacted with each other for many centuries. Great stories have come from these interactions; in these stories, sharks are usually portrayed as the antagonist. However, in all of actuality, humans are the antagonists. We are lead to believe that sharks are highly dangerous, but humans pose more of a threat to sharks than sharks do to humans. In the asian culture, sharks are finned to make shark fin soup and then they are thrown back into the ocean, alive, finless, and helpless. Shark finning should be banned globally, it is a cruel practice that is causing a decline in the shark population as well as a negative impact to their ecosystem. Recently, there have been organizations and laws that are trying to prevent this

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