The Horror of Shark Finning

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Did you know that sharks have been here longer than us humans? Sharks have been swimming the oceans for hundreds to millions of years before the first humans are said to have appeared on land. Unfortunately the shark population has been decreasing due to the shark fishing market. People have often thought sharks as predators to the human race; but truthfully, we should fear living in a world with no sharks. Occasionally, over 100 million sharks are killed by humans. These sharks are killed for their fins most of the time, which are considered to be one of the most expensive seafood delicacies in China. However the ways of attaining these fins have caused controversies all over the world.
Shark finning is the term used when fishermen pull live sharks from water, and chop the fins off. The fins are kept but the body of the shark is thrown back into the sea, to die by drowning or severe. Fishermen usually defend the idea of shark finning by saying, the shark meat cost too much for China's economy. Shark meat in actuality cost 20 to 25 times less than the value of the shark fins, whic...

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