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After watching the movie/documentary http://www.sharkwater.com/ last night I was appalled to find that one of the countries involved in this deplorable trade and indeed one of the highest producers of such is Costa Rica. How can a country that promotes itself as being eco-friendly allow this to continue? I did a search on this forum and the only references I found were dated 2005. Do we have any updates as to how this industry is surviving/prospering in CR? Now that the Taiwanese have been pre-empted by the power of China it will be interesting to see which way the harvesting of shark fins will go. Having visited many Chinese food/health markets I think I know the answer to that. Considering how much killing was enacted in exchange for a bridge I can only shudder at the prospect of the payoff for a new international football stadium (we know how Tico’s feel about football).
Edited on Sep 19, 2008 09:21
I wrote an article about this truly grotesque practise at [ [ https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/406.cfm ]
One of the local Escazu Chinese restaurants serves shark fins and I complained to them about it, the owner’s response said that “My clients ask for it so we serve it.”
I asked her if her clients requested sex with her young daughter would she also be willing to arrange that? (Yeah! I know I can be a real b****** at times…)
She wasn’t happy with my question and again responded that her clients asked for that dish and she was happy to serve it.
Obviously I do not frequent that restaurant any more.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostRica.comNot only is it a barbaric practice and extremely inhumane, but the impact to the ecosystem by systematically killing off an alpha predator creates a serious oceanic problem similar to the systematic extermination of wolves in North America. The reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone Park has dramatically increased the overall health of bison and elk, because the wolves are nature’s way of thinning out the weak and diseased. Sharks have the same function in the ocean.
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