Photo via fishpickdiver Shark finning - the practice of catching sharks, cutting off their fins, and tossing the still-living fish back in the water to die a slow death - removes over 40 million sharks per year from

the oceans. Half a million are finned each year in Ecuador alone. Finning aside, humans are resp… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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World’s First Shark Sanctuary Set Up in Palau