China’s Exotic Traditions Mauling Rare Wildlife; Holgate Eroding Into the Sunset

SHARK FIN SOUP STILL MENUED: The latest report card on efforts to quell the shark-finning crisis indicates minimal gains in stopping the slurping madness. By the critical reckoning of shark savers, not to mention the sharks themselves, the shark-mauling madness carries on at a full boil.

The lack of Asian cooperation is at the meat of the matter. There is virtually no Far Eastern cooperation to de-menu soups made from the fins of overfished Chondrichthyes.