ViceZilla’s Views

Yahoo has a one-billion-dollar stake in Alibaba.com. Alibaba is the New York Stock Exchange of shark fins on the Internet, moving thousands and thousands of tons of shark fins worldwide.

In a recent news report from KABC-TV in Los Angeles, it was discovered that the search engine giant Yahoo! has an investment in the online shopping company Alibaba.com.

Of course Alibaba.com is a Chinese company, based in eastern China. It’s claim to fame is the world’s largest online business to business marketplace for global and domestic China trade. One of the products it brokers is shark fins. A quick search of their website lists 21 companies who sell shark fins, lots of shark fins. Some companies boast the ability to supply 300kg (660 pounds) per month of shark fins!

Yahoo’s response to the news report was, “We know the sale of shark products is both legal in Asia and a centuries-old tradition. This issue is largely a cultural-practices one”.

That’s all well and fine Mr. Yahoo, but the sale of shark fins is also illegal throughout the majority of the world. This also is a “cultural-practices” one.

China has long been known for their censorship of companies and people who do not tow the political line in their country, so why should their companies be allowed to infect the world with their “cultural-practice” point of views that happen to be illegal and immoral?

One day the people of China will come to the realization of the damage their greed and ignorance has done to this world’s shark populations because of their “soup”. Hopefully that day will come sooner than later.

The news report is an excellent one. The accompanying video is also very well done, and should be required viewing by all those who still do not understand what “shark-finning” is all about.

Read the article here, as well as viewthe video.

PS: Have you seen Sharkwater yet?

Tags: Stop the Finning! //