Its About Sharks, Not about Off-Road Racing

The Problem With Shark Killing in China - By Carrie Reusche

Many people in China don't care about sharks, but they do care about their fins. A delicious meal in China is Shark fin Soup. Many problems with this is that they chop off the shark's fins and drop the body down to the bottom of the ocean.

Main problems

(1) Sharks have to move to breathe so when they hit bottom they will die slowly and painfuly unless another shark decides to have a meal.

(2) They kill too many. Approximately 100 million sharks are killed each each. Mostly due to the desire for Shark Fin Soup and the fear of shark attacks. ( There are only 100 shark attacks per year, on average.)

Why we shouldn't do this

(1) If we kill too many of any kind of shark it will effect us. Hawaii has tried to kill one kind of shark, but because they had killed more than they should've it effected them. They killed tiger sharks, when too many are killed there are too many smaller sharks. When there are too many smaller sharks there are too many fish eaten. Then Hawaii doesn't get enough fish to eat, and that is one of their main meals.

(2) Sharks are graceful creatures, but the movie, Jaws ruins that thought and makes you think of some fake monster in each and every shark.

I hope you understand why you should protest on Shark fin Soup.

Be good to your friends that live in the oceans, not just dolphins.

- Carrie Reusche, 5th grader at Glen Grove School.