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The Horrors of Shark Finning

4 The Love Of Animals

Shark fins are also dried and used in alternative medicine and ancient medical practices. Without proper navigation skills, sharks become open prey for predatory fish. While there are laws in place protecting endangered species of shark from shark finning, international waters are rarely regulated when it comes to the practice.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade.