Chilean efforts to ban 'shark finning' praised by Pew
Posted Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:08:00 GMT by Martin Leggett
Shark finning, the horrific practice of cutting off the fins of sharks, and then dumping them still alive into the sea to die, is being pushed back by a new bill going through the Chilean Senate. The measure, which would help stop the wasteful slaughter of increasingly endangered sharks, is being supported by a visiting Pew Environment Group team.
Chilean efforts to ban 'shark finning' praised by Pew