Ophelia wrote:

> On 15/05/2021 13:38, Gary wrote:
> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> A TV program on Nat Geo, To Catch a Smuggler showed some fins going
> >> through customs illegally. They can go for $500 a pound.
> >
> > I saw that episode. I also previously watched a documentary showing
> > asian fishermen harvesting those shark fins.
> >
> > They catch the sharks, cut off all the fins then toss the still alive
> > shark back into the ocean. Without their fins, they can't swim or hunt
> > so they sink to the bottom and just lay there until they die.
> >
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>
> That is appalling(( I hope they suffer the same fate!!!


I can assure you that sharks don't have "feelings", Ophelia - here in Hawaii we say, 'OFF with their bloody FINS!' - and shark fin soup is mighty tasty.

;-D