BornFree USA
October 2011
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Toronto city councillors overwhelmingly approved (38-4!) a ban on the ownership, sale or consumption of shark fin.
The brutal practice of "finning" satisfies a vanity-food demand and is so widespread (an estimated 90 million sharks are killed each year) that it is pushing several species toward rapid extinction.
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