Related links:


ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE   http://capwiz.com/compassionindex/issues/alert/?alertid=13210871


ICHTHYOLOGY   Sharks In The News  http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/sharks/InNews/loophole2008.html


SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY

http://www.seashepherd.org/sharks/


GOV TRACK

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-850

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-81

DogNoir: topic “Shark Fin Soup” 8/12/09

Sharks are  being caught for their fin and thrown back in the water to die a slow death.  Not only is the practice overtly cruel but it upsets the fragile balance of the marine ecosystem by removing these predators.