A huge victory for sharks was announced this week as India banned the practice of shark finning. Shark finning is when fishermen catch sharks for the sole purpose of cutting off their fins. The sharks are then left to die a long agonizing death as they slowly drown. The fins harvested are then sold mostly in the Asian markets for shark fin soup.
India is the second largest shark catching country in Indonesia. Hopefully, this ban will motivate other countries to follow suit and help stabilize the oceans' shark populations that are tragically being decimated by the fishing industry.
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