The other night I was in my Pjs all comfy with my hot chocolate watching my evening television. It was a school night after all! Gordon Ramsey was exploring the world of shark fining in China. I had no idea it was so huge over there. It is a delicacy apparently in China and the price of shark fins is through the roof!
It broke my little heart watching a hammer head shark being finned alive for its fins and then dumped back into the ocean to bleed out just so someone of the world could eat his fins in their soup. Not fair! Not nice and very cruel. They don’t even use the rest of the meat on it, just the fins. A large fin would cost around £90!
Did you know that hammer head sharks are one of the most endangered species in the world?! And the shark fin itself doesn't taste of anything anyway- what a waste!
As travellers we would all agree that taking in the sea air and marvelling at nature is a massive part of our holiday. Especially us cruisers. There is nothing better than seeing some dolphin’s in front of a cruise ship as you sail or the glimpse of wale’s jumping up in the air out of the deep sea. Some of you may have seen sharks as you have been up on deck. Wow! Scary of course but amazing!
I wandered if any of you had come across shark fin soup on a menu? I haven't but I was amazed to watch that Gordon Ramsey managed to get London's top four Chinese restaurants to stop offering it to their customers. Good on him I say.
Dolphins infront of a cruise ship!
Cruising is all about fine dining and having lots to do but also about taking in the spectacular views and getting a climpse of wildlife in its natural state.
I hope human kind can see the error of their ways. Wiping out a member of the top of the food chain would be detrimental to the whole echo system down there in the deep blue. And of course us cruisers would miss out on seeing these marvellous creatures.
The endangered Hammer Head Shark
Say no to Shark fin soup!
Well said, I agree 100%. I have dived with some of these sharks and they are magnificent, we enter 'their' world, we ought to be priviledged. Some of these sharks fins and tails are cut off, and they are thrown back in the sea alive. Because they can't swim yet they breathe still, some of them can take a very long time to die as they can't eat if they can't swim. They lie unmoving in terrible shock.
ReplyDeleteIt's a cruel and horrible death for any creature.
Spread the word.
Marisa