There’s little debate that cutting the fins off of living sharks and selling them as food is cruel and inhumane, but the state of New York is finally acknowledging its disapproval of the practice by banning the sale of shark fins starting in 2014. Sourcing the fins, which are used in the Chinese dish shark fin soup, is responsible for the death of 73 million sharks every year. Since New York City has one of the largest Chinatowns in the country, Governor Andrew Cuomo felt the ban was crucial to the fight to keep sharks safe and protected.
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