Hondurans Burn Shark Fins To Stick It To Poachers
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 17:20
in Biology & Nature
Honduras is now a permanent shark sanctuary so any shark fins found are illegal - the International Union for Conservation of Nature says that 30 percent of all shark populations around the world are threatened or near threatened with extinction. read more
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