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    The Effects of Shark Finning An ecosystem is an environment in which a community of organisms live in. Our ecosystem is threatened by a numerous of things. If the ecosystem is put off balance or destroyed, it could disrupt the food chain and cause several shortages. The act of shark finning is one of these factors disrupting our ecosystem. Fishermen harmfully reap the fins of sharks for money. This cruelty is only for one meal called shark fin soup. It is an old asian delicacy that is still around today. If shark finning continues and sharks are led to extinction, the ocean would not operate correctly causing the ecosystem to be put off balance. Shark finning is banned in some countries and it has improved their surrounding areas. Sharks are…

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    stripped their skin when they are still alive.Just because an elegant lady want a beautiful and warm coat. So do the shark,for the delicious and nourishing shark fin soup,people go to fishing the shark,then they cut off their finning.more cruel is when they cut off shark finning,they throw the shark back to sea for more space to save shark fin.The practice of shark finning kills 26 to 73 million sharks each year for their fins(Griffin, E., Miller, K.L., Freitas, B. and Hirshfield, M 2008…

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    Shark finning has been a worldwide issue. Approximately 73 million sharks are killed each year solely for their fins. But this number does not include the number of sharks that are killed for reasons other than finning (Raloff). China and Hong Kong are the largest importers for shark fins due to China’s cultural tradition for Shark Fin Soup (“How Many Sharks Are Killed Each Year For Their Fins?”). Shark Fin Soup was introduced into Chinese cuisine during the Sung Dynasty (AD 960–1279) but did…

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    animals that have been on earth for millions of years, live longer and have a better life. Sharks are known as a very dangerous, ruthless killer. When people venture into the ocean, one of the first things you think of is sharks and how to avoid them at all costs. People have come up with this intense fear against this animal because of a few movies where sharks are portrayed as the bad guys; also in situations when an attack does occur, the media seems to blow up. Sharks have been hunted…

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    three minutes into the movie. What happen during this part was terrible it showed a beach in some city and all the fisherman had we these big stingrays. Now they don't even catch these to eat they catch them for their gills. And in this part is shows hundreds of rays and adults and even young children just cutting the gills of and not using any other part of the ray it's just terrible to see something like that and this is why animals go extinct. The next part was at fourteen minutes. This part…

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    For centuries, shark fin soup has been considered a delicacy in the east, coveted for its social flare. The spike in demand for shark fin soup has turned shark finning into a lucrative business, leaving shark populations in danger. Finning is a cruel and wasteful practice that is running shark populations into the ground and imbalancing our ocean ecosystems. In order to reduce the demand for shark fins, consumers should reject shark fin soup in favor of shark-friendly alternatives that…

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    consuming shark fin soup Do you agree fin soup is unhealthy ? Does it effect the environment? How many sharks being killed because of fin soup ? Shark finning is the process of cutting sharks fins and make soup from it is known as shark fin soup it is considered as a part of Chinese culture while test come from soup ingredients. It is commonly served at special occasions such as weddings or as luxury item in Chinese culture . Sharks finings is harmful for environment because it reduce the…

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    Stop Shark Finning Essay

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    Stop Shark-Finning! Why kill a whole shark for its fins in order to make shark fin soup, a tasteless and expensive soup just to impress your friends? Every year human beings kill over 102 million sharks while less than 10 people are killed by sharks, yet we call them bloody killers (Fairclough 1). This has created a drastic reduction in their numbers, and it is feared that it may lead to their extinction, causing a life imbalance on the planet’s ecosystem. Governments and environmental…

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    Introduction Shark finning is the removal of a shark's fins. After the fins are removed, the rest of the shark is thrown into the ocean. Sharks need their fins to swim, breath, and help them move towards their prey. Without their fins, sharks cannot live . When the sharks are thrown back into the ocean, they immediately start to sink. They have no fins to help them swim or catch their prey. They slowly fall to them bottom of the ocean, where they will die one of three ways : suffocation, being…

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    frightened of them? Ever since “Jaws” people have viewed Sharks as ferocious, dangerous man-eating monsters out to attack anyone who dares come into the water. The fact of the matter is that one-fourth of Shark populations is endangered of going extinct. After over 450 million years on this planet, Sharks have the possibility of extinction due to inadequate laws to protect them from actions such as finning, by catching, and habitat depletion. Sharks are an essential part of the ocean 's…

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