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shark fins

Posted inEnvironment, General

Why isn’t shark finning news?

Mike Baillie by Mike Baillie 23 September 201218 June 2013

I saw six sharks being cut up for their fins yesterday. And as monstrous as it was, it won’t make headlines, it isn’t News: currently the fins from between 26 million and 73 million sharks are sold a year, that’s up to 8 000 sharks killed an hour. And the market is booming. I’m currently […]

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