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The City of Niagara Falls, Ontario
Resolution
August 10, 2009
No. 32
Moved by Councillor Thomson
Seconded by Councillor Wing
WHEREAS Shark Fin soup is a delicacy in some countries and occasionally served at Asian
restaurants; and
WHEREAS sharks are "finned", a process whereby a fin is removed from a live shark and the shark
is dumped back in the water; and
WHEREAS without the fin, the shark has a slow, painful death; and
WHEREAS the harvesting of shark fins has had a negative effect on the shark population.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Federal Government be called upon to ban the import of
shark fins; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that Canada take an international leadership role and propose a ban
on the harvesting of shark fins at the next Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species.
Carried Unanimously
AND The Seal of the Corporation be hereto affixed.
EAN IO DA R. T. (TED) SALCI
CITY CLERK MAYOR