On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 10:29:55 AM UTC-4, GM wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > ======
> >
> > 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.

Sometimes, all of their feelings are hurt because they can't swim with you in the red. Like they want to.