Today, a female great white shark had her fins hacked off in Inhambane, Mozambique (South Africa). Nets had been put up in the area by Chinese shark fin traders, as South Africa is known as the White Shark capital of the world and ,surely, their huge fins bring in pretty pennies to those who can barely make a living. This shark was dragged to shore and left to slowly suffocate. White Sharks have been listed as a protected species in South Africa since 1991, they are one of the most important predators of the sea. Their decline is not natural selection, it is completely human caused. It’s our fault.
This is horrendous. If you don’t think shark finning is an issue that needs to be addressed, please read up on it. Put your fears, your dislikes to the side.If these pictures were of a lion, of a wolf, of a human, how would you feel?This poor girl deserved to live, deserved to breed, not die in humiliation.
I’ve stated many times on my blog that I respect the cultural aspect of shark finning, I really do. But there are too many people in this world to abide by traditions that were deemed valid back when the number of humans wasn’t at a disgustingly high number.
Read more about this here.
it makes me really fricking angry that this thing has only a handful of notes god
Yes this is appalling by our standards, however this is being done by people who are not very well off and you need to understand that this is one of those things that will not change. Some countries are not progressive like the U.S. and will take action as quickly as we would.
Actually, shark fin soup is consumed by people who are well off (and want to prove it)! Shark fin traders are VERY wealthy, it’s the people who do the dirty work for them that are suffering.
Shark fin soup isn’t a third world food, it’s an Asian delicacy that’s sold at crazy high prices.
Things are always changing, if the demand stops, the needless killing does as well. Why would you say “things will never change” and blame it on the ones who don’t even reap from their kills. It’s the consumer’s fault, not the fishermen who are starving and trying to make ends meet.
Right, and the consumers are going to continue to eat shark fin soup and commission the killing of sharks because it’s a part of their culture and they’ll continue to take advantage of poorer people just as the rich and powerful always do