Animals
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India Bans 'Finning' Sharks in a Move to Protect Endangered Species
India's ministry of environment announced Monday it has banned the practice of hunting sharks for only their fins. The move comes as an attempt by the world's second largest catcher of sharks to protect the fish from indiscriminate slaughter to feed a market hungry for shark fin around the world.
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