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President of Costa Rica will ask Taiwan for help to save sharks.
"It
is tremendously upsetting to Costa Ricans to see how sharks are
captured, their fins cut off and the bodies thrown back into the water
to die a cruel and savage death. There are many Taiwanese vessels that
are involved in this practice, and I will be asking the government of
Taiwan to help us severely punish those who are doing this."
President of Costa Rica will ask Taiwan for help to save sharks.
"It
is tremendously upsetting to Costa Ricans to see how sharks are
captured, their fins cut off and the bodies thrown back into the water
to die a cruel and savage death. There are many Taiwanese vessels that
are involved in this practice, and I will be asking the government of
Taiwan to help us severely punish those who are doing this."
President of Costa Rica Dr. Abel Pacheco de la Espriella, on the
shark finning problem in Costa Rica, in yesterday's edition of Diario
Extra of Costa Rica, front page, August 15, 2003.
www.tortugamarina.org/downloads/Extra15agosto.htm
The shark finning issue is a theme of national debate:
"Actuar por los tiburones" (Article in Spanish)
Opinion Section of Periodico La Nacion, August 13, 2003
www.tortugamarina.org/downloads/LaNacion13agosto.htm
"Uproar continues over alleged shark fin landing"
Tico Times, August 8, 2003
www.tortugamarina.org/downloads/pdf/TicoTimesAug8.pdf
"Ecologistas luchan contra el exterminio del tiburón del Pacífico"
Yahoo noticias, España, 5 de Agosto, 2003
www.tortugamarina.org/downloads/Yahoo5agosto.htm |
