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Congress Bans Shark Finning

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Congress bans shark finning in U.S.

If Jaws were still alive to see this, he'd be one happy giant, man-eating shark.

Congress has banned the brutal act of shark finning in the U.S., in which fisherman would catch sharks only to cut off their fins and sometimes toss them back into the water to bleed to death.

An Asian delicacy known as shark fin soup is usually the motivation for this terrible act which kills more tens of millions of sharks a year.

Mad Men actress January Jones, a shark activist, says in an article supporting the new Shark Conservation Act that "we shouldn't be scared of sharks, we should be scared for them."

We totally agree! There is no reason to kill MILLIONS of a species for an overpriced delicacy.

The Shark Conservation Act, which improves the existing law originally intended to prevent shark finning and also allows the U.S. to take action against countries whose shark finning restrictions are not as strenuous, is on it's way to President Obama's desk.

Let's hope the new year brings in a lower total of sharks killed.

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