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The Horrors of Shark Finning

4 The Love Of Animals

The shark is thrown back because shark fins are often more valuable than the meat itself. 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. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat. The initial solution in New Zealand was to move species to islands where mammals hadn’t reached. Not from an environmental perspective but from a “don’t you like animals?” ” one.