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Sharks Need Their Fins! Ban the Bloody Trade!

Sharks Need Their Fins! Ban the Bloody Trade!

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Shark populations are facing global decline due to the unimaginably cruel practice of shark finning. Sharks fins, used to produce soup, are cut off of live sharks. The sharks are then thrown back into the water, condemning the severely injured animals to horrific and painful deaths. We must act now to stop these senseless mutilations for profit! 

While the United States has banned the practice of shark finning by domestic fisherman, it continues elsewhere. According to IUCN analysts, among the approximately 470 species of sharks and rays, 2.4 percent are Critically Endangered, 3.2 percent are Endangered, 10.3 percent are Vulnerable, and 14.4 percent are Near Threatened.

Three bills have been introduced to tackle the huge threat shark finning poses to global shark populations. Twin bills, HR 737 and SB 877, known as Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, have been introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate to prohibit the sale of shark fins. In the House, a bill known as the Shark Sales Elimination Act of 2019 (H.R.614) would ban the sale of all shark parts. If both important bills pass, it will become illegal to possess, buy, sell, or transport shark parts or any product containing shark parts. 

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