Figures crunched by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service show that more than 500 tons of Shark fins have been sent to Asia from Australian waters in the past 13 months.
230 tons came from the Coral Sea alone. This amounts to over 10,000 adult Sharks killed. Sharks are being systematically erased from Australian waters in order to feed the seemingly insatiable appetite in Asia for Chinese vanity dish, Shark Fin Soup. Don't you long for the days when China was a locked-down Communist backwater?

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Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett--yes, the lead singer of Midnight Oil--said the Government was "looking closely" at the Shark situation in the Coral Sea. LOOK CLOSER PETE! Do Something!
No, what's your excuse, Peter Garrett?

--Sharky

technorati tags: Sharks, Shark Finning, Shark Fin Soup, China, Chinese Food, Australia, Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett, Endangered Species, Friday the 13th

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