2,000 sharks massacred in Colombian sanctuary

19-10-2011

According to Colombian authorities, as many as 2,000 hammerhead, Galápagos and whale sharks may have been slaughtered for their fins in the Malpelo wildlife sanctuary. Reportedly, 10 Costa Rican trawlers illegally entered the sanctuary, after which a large amount of finless sharks were found at the bottom of the ocean floor.

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