Toronto votes to ban use of shark fin

[marmar]

from the Globe & Mail:



The city will yank shark fin soup from Toronto menus by next year after City Council voted 38-4 to outlaw the traditional Chinese delicacy.

Toronto, Canada’s biggest market for shark fin, will join the Ontario cities of Brantford, Mississauga and Oakville as well as the U.S. states of California, Oregon and Hawaii in taking a stand against finning, the slaughter of sharks worldwide solely for their fins.

The vote ended a months-long debate at City Hall that pitted many in the Chinese restaurant community against city councillors and animal rights’ activists – often to theatrical effect.

Since June, children in shark costumes, activists with plush shark toys, a hovering inflated shark and even “Survivorman” Les Stroud have frequented City Hall to encourage politicians to impose the ban. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-votes-to-ban-use-of-shark-fin/article2213470/

[joeybee12]

1. Good...knr