Having just returned from China, where fancy establishments tout shark-fin soup and other shark delicacies, it is easy for me to relate to this story. It is refreshing to see people like Ms. Derek support the sharks. Humans can do just fine eating other foods.
She joined lawmakers at the California state Capitol on Monday promoting a bill that would ban selling, trading or possessing shark fins, which are used in a soup that is considered a delicacy in some Asian cultures.
'Sharks have been around for nearly 400 million years, and yet many stocks may be wiped out in a single human generation due to the increasing demand for shark fins,' Derek told the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Derek, who is a U.S. secretary of state special envoy opposing wildlife trafficking, said shark-finning has created a global environmental crisis."
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