August 5, 2011

No Shark Fin on the Menu

Chefs and restaurants can help eliminate the demand for shark fins

Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States launched our “No Shark Fin on the Menu” campaign in order to confront the cruelty of shark finning.

This egregious practice involves slicing off a shark’s fins, often while the shark is alive, and throwing the mutilated animal back into the water. Tens of millions of sharks are killed every year to supply the global demand for shark fins to be used in shark fin soup. Some shark species are at high risk of extinction and the massive depletion of sharks upsets the balance of marine ecosystems.

Shark fin bans have already been enacted in Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Guam, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, California, and several cities in Canada (Toronto, Brantford, Oakville, and Mississauga).

If you are a chef or a restaurant owner, we urge you to sign our “No Shark Fin on the Menu” campaign pledge. Help us eliminate the demand for shark fins and bring to an end to the cruel and unsustainable practice of shark finning.

Please download, sign and submit the pledge to us. You can print and mail it to:

ATTN: HSI SHARKS
2100 L Street, NW
Washington DC, 20037

Or, fax it to: 301-258-3082

Please contact Iris Ho, wildlife campaign manager at Humane Society International, with any questions.