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    Find the owners of these shark fins, chop off their right arms, and leave them on the rooftop.


    Quote Originally Posted by Mid View Post
    "The demand in Hong Kong is definitely decreasing but unfortunately, the demand in China is growng," Stokes said.

    "As long as there is no protection for the sharks, the (demand) will just keep going on and on," he added, urging Hong Kong authorities to ban the trade.

    The number of threatened shark species has soared from 15 in 1996 to more than 180 in 2010, mainly due to the growing Chinese demand for fins.
    Great. The rest of the world is going to have to go through the painful process of taking the new kid on the block through all the stages of evolution. Not that we are paragons of virtue.
    For a start, China, you can piss off out of Tibet.
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    No photo in the OP - lets see if this works.....


    nope...sorry.

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    ^^'Great. The rest of the world is going to have to go through the painful process of taking the new kid on the block through all the stages of evolution. Not that we are paragons of virtue.
    For a start, China, you can piss off out of Tibet.'

    Luv it!

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    Shark fin soup has to be just about the most immoral food on planet earth. And as far as I am concerned the only shark fins that belong on a roof are these


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    Which reminds me, I must check with my motor trimmer if the whale Penis Leather I ordered has arrived.

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    Hazz,

    There was uproar about your shark when it was first put there. So nothing changes

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    No photo in the OP - lets see if this works.....


    nope...sorry.

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    ^ Cheers mid - system won't let me green ya - owe you one.

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    all good just cleaning up me own mess .....................

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    Phuket Environment:

    New Blue List highlights Thailand’s shark fin free hotels

    Thursday 25 April 2013

    BANGKOK: As part of global Earth Day initiatives, Thai celebrities, students, conservationists, and leading hospitality industry representatives gathered to launch a Blue List promoting hotels in Thailand that are 100 per cent shark fin free.

    “Many hotels are taking shark fin off their menus out of concern for endangered shark populations threatened by overfishing. They should be commended for this important action to protect sharks and the marine environment,” said Jirayu Ekkul, Fin Free Thailand spokesperson and Marine Conservation Campaign Director for Love Wildlife Foundation.

    Featuring 23 leading luxury hotels, the Fin Free Thailand Blue List was announced on Earth Day (April 22nd) at the International School Bangkok to cheers from hundreds of students. The full list of hotels is provided below.

    “Given the scientific evidence on drastic decline of shark population, we believe that it is our responsibility, as Asia’s oldest hotel company, to no longer serve shark fin at any of our hotels. We can’t let sharks disappear to the point where you, your children and grandchildren can only see them in a museum,” said Ms Katja Henke, General Manager of The Peninsula Bangkok, addressing students.

    Students also spoke up at the launch. “I’m not a diver or environmental activist, but I know what’s being done to sharks is wrong and unsustainable,” said ISB seventh grader Pavin Sethbhakdi. “I’ve told my family, including my grandparents, we need to say no to shark fin soup.”

    Fin Free Thailand encourages all hotels to join the Blue List and is offering support, including information on the health risks and alternative sustainable menu options, to those that need help phasing shark fin soup out.

    “We’ve found that some hotels not openly offering or promoting shark fin soup in the name of conservation, are still serving hundreds of bowls at request for business and wedding banquets,” noted Jirayu.

    “We want them to be honest with the public and make a real commitment to marine conservation by completely banning shark fin. The Fin Free Blue List highlights hotels making a 100 per cent commitment to protect sharks by not serving shark fin at all.”

    Fin Free Thailand is a new national campaign encouraging hotels and restaurants to stop serving shark fin, in order to protect endangered sharks, marine ecosystems, and people’s health.

    It also works to inform consumers of the serious health and environmental risks of eating shark fin, encouraging them to only patronize Fin Free establishments.

    Part of a global movement, Fin Free Thailand and the Blue List is initiated by FREELAND Foundation, Love Wildlife Foundation, Change.org Thailand, with support from Thai citizens, schools, businesses, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

    For more information, visit www.finfreethai.org

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mid View Post
    all good just cleaning up me own mess .....................

    Shark fins drying in the sun cover the roof of a factory building in Hong Kong on Jan 2, 2013. Hong Kong conservationists have expressed outrage after images of a factory rooftop covered in thousands of freshly sliced shark fins emerged, as they called for curbs on the "barbaric" trade.
    PHOTO: AFP


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    Ah that will be me playing eight months of catchup.


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    Do Tesco sell bottles of bear bile as well, or do they consider this to be a more important issue than the feelings of a bunch of uneducated necromancers?

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    I wonder if Khun Dhanin the CEO of the group that owns Tesco Lotus will stop eating shark fin soup.

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    ^ CP sold their stake in Tesco Lotus in 2003.

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    Where do they dry the elephant tusks, tiger penises, rhino horn and bear bile?

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    With shark fin ban, a slice of Asian culture ends in California
    Louis Sahagun
    June 28, 2013

    Chinese Americans are divided over the state's ban on sale or possession of the delicacy. The cruel practice of shark finning has decimated populations worldwide.


    Shark fins for sale at nearly $600 a pound at a shop in L.A.'s Chinatown.… (Louis Sahagun / Los Angeles…)

    An ancient Asian dining tradition comes to an end in California on Monday, and grocer Emily Gian is none too happy.

    Gian has slashed prices on shark fins, the astoundingly expensive ingredient of a coveted and ceremonial soup, in hopes she will sell out before a California ban on sale or possession of the delicacy takes effect Monday.


    "The law is unfair," said Gian, whose store in Los Angeles' Chinatown sells shark fins for $599 a pound. "Why single out Chinese people in California when shark fins are legal in many other states?"

    Across town, retired science teacher Judy Ki offers an answer.

    Ki grew up in a wealthy Hong Kong family that served steaming bowls of shark fin soup to honor guests at birthdays, banquets and weddings. These days, she sees the delicacy in historical context.

    Shark fin soup dates to the Ming Dynasty, when it was reserved for emperors as a symbol of status and power over the most dangerous predators. "Back when it was quite a physical feat for a fisherman to land a shark, it was the ultimate symbol of yang, or male energy," said Ki, a spokeswoman for the Asian Pacific American Ocean Harmony Alliance.

    It certainly wasn't prized for its flavor, which is almost nonexistent. Its chief culinary merit is an ethereal, gelatinous texture, achieved through careful drying, precise trimming and a complex preparation method that takes several days. For flavor, cooks often add chicken or ham.

    As China's middle class grew in recent decades, the number of people who could afford the delicacy rose sharply. To meet growing demand, the fishing industry found a particularly cruel way to harvest several million fins each year. Fishermen slice the fins off live sharks and throw the crippled animals back into the sea to drown.

    An estimated 73 million sharks are killed each year for their fins, which can sell for more than $2,000 a pound in California. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that the populations of some shark species, such as hammerheads, have been reduced by as much as 90% in recent years.

    Ki finds that morally wrong. "It is not right to slaughter massive numbers of sharks for a bowl of soup that lasts five minutes," Ki said. "Culture evolves. Extinction lasts forever."

    Gian and others who are skeptical of the ban do have a point, however. It can seem unfair to ban shark fins in California while chefs and grocers in other states continue sales unfettered.

    The state, and supporters of the ban, hope that will change.

    "This is an important milestone in the global campaign to end shark finning," said Aimee David, director of conservation policy at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. "California's example has inspired several states to act, and we hope many others will follow suit."

    So far, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Illinois, Maryland and Delaware, and the Pacific territories Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, have also enacted legislation prohibiting the sale of shark fins. New York is pursuing similar legislation.


    Korean Airlines Co. and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. have stopped carrying shark fins as cargo. Even the Chinese government has announced that it will phase out fins from official functions within three years, according to the U.S. Humane Society.

    Despite protests from some Chinese American leaders, Gov. Jerry Brown outlawed the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins 18 months ago. Stores were allowed to sell existing stocks until Monday. Violators could face penalties of up to six months in prison and fines up to $1,000, authorities said.

    In January, a legal challenge in federal court by San Francisco merchants who claimed that the ban is unconstitutional and discriminatory toward Chinese culture was resolved in favor of the ban. The court found that the law was within the state's authority, based on findings that the decline of sharks is a threat to the marine ecosystem and that the ban would help eliminate the demand for shark fins.

    Since then, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and supporters of the ban — including the Humane Society and the Asian Pacific American Ocean Harmony Alliance — have been reaching out to Chinese American communities across the state, reminding them about the new law and its consequences.

    Chinatown is in the last days of preparation.

    Across the street from Gian's shop, Wing Hop Fung Ginseng & China Products was down to its last three bins of dried shark fins, including one marked by an eye-catching sign: "Father's Day Special! 20% off. $999 a pound."

    At the nearby Ocean Seafood, where shark fin soup costs $42 a bowl — $138 when combined in a pot with a whole chicken — manager Dennis Fong said the restaurant was changing its menus this week to remove the item.

    Some Chinese restaurants are cooking up "faux" recipes that replace shark fin with nonendangered seafood.

    As for Gian, she still had a lot of fins to move.

    "Maybe we'll reduce the prices even more, or eat them ourselves, or maybe move them to a state where they are still legal," she said.

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