On average, three Sharks die every second from habitat destruction, commercial fishing, and for their fins & cartilage. A special note on finning: An especially brutal and cruel practice, finning involves cutting off of a shark's fins, often while the animal is still alive. The shark trunk is then tossed overboard as useless waste. The epicentre of the international shark fin market is Hong Kong and mainland China, where the almost uncontrolled finning trade is a huge problem. It is estimated that over 22,000 tons of shark fins are marketed worldwide, and most of this ends up as "shark fin soup", a popular "status symbol" dish in many oriental cultures. Unfortunately only a handful of countries have introduced finning restrictions: Canada, Brazil, the United States, Spain and Costa Rica and the attack on sharks for their fins continues worldwide. Sharks are also exploited for their cartilage, which is claimed falsely to have therapeutic uses in curing everything from osteoarthritis to cancer. Forget about the movie Jaws! Sharks are beautiful apex predators that play an essential role in our marine environemt. PLEASE ZOOOOOOOOOM!