Today's SCMP (paid subscription; no link here) reports News that Hong Kong Disneyland will be serving shark's fin soup at its soon-to-be-open Disneyland Hotel makes today's front page in both of Hong Kong's English-language newspapers. A Disney person burbles about the soup being 'an integral part of Chinese banquets'. Sadly, this is true. Further damage limitation from Disney: 'shark's fin soup will only be served at private functions on special request.' Oh, so that's all right then? Meanwhile, the trade in shark's fins is pushing some species close to extinction. As for Hong Kong Disneyland -- the one in France was once memorably described as a 'cultural Chernyobil' -- Martin Baker of Greenpeace Hong Kong asks:
How can the same company that produced Finding Nemo -- with its message that marine life is under threat -- at the same time support a trade that is unsustainable, wasteful and cruel?
The money, Mr Baker. Follow the money.
Update. Link to Hong Kong Standard
report.
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