Westchester County in the state of New York in the US is considering passing legislation to ban the sale of shark fin soup. As far as we know, this is the first such piece of legislation to be considered anywhere.

While the bulk of shark fin consumption is obviously in Asia, this is a symbolically significant step, and could lead to other jurisdictions considering similar protection for sharks.

Please consider providing constructive feedback in support of the legislation by:

1. Writing to
Legislator William E. Burton
Chair Legislation Committee

and cc:ing
Legislator Thomas Abinanti
Chair Environment & Energy Committee

and sending your correspondence via email to: Louise Gantress, or

2. Signing an online letter posted at Shark Savers.

This entry was posted on Thursday, March 20th, 2008 at 10:55 am and is filed under Environment, FiNS News.