Photographers & Conservationsists Fight Shark Fin Supporters
January 10, 2007 @ 08:30 AM (EST)
Source: Jason's Blog
The ongoing saga continues with Alibaba.com supporting the destructive and cruel practice of shark finning.
Our friend, Michael Aw, a professional photographer from Australia, has posted the following video on YouTube.
Although Alibaba is in China, they are owned by Yahoo, a publicly traded US company. I am advocating that you not support Yahoo in any way shape or form until Alibaba.com removes these products! They need to understand that by selling these products, that they are supporting the trade, the cruelty, devastation and degradation of our ocean's ecosystem...
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