Written by Jeff Mackey
Tuesday's Dan Rather Reports will present exclusive and disturbing video footage of the barbaric and inhumane practice known as "shark-finning," which is when fishers pull live sharks from the water, cut off their fins, and then dump them back into the water while still alive.
PETA's Colleen O'Brien interviewed Rather about it.
The following clips feature never-before-seen undercover video footage of just some of this shocking cruelty:
Without their fins, the sharks die a slow and agonizing death, usually from suffocation. And the practice is on the rise, feeding the public's growing appetite for shark-fin soup.
Dan Rather Reports premieres on HDNet on Tuesday, January 24, at 8 p.m. ET, with an encore at 11 p.m. ET. Tune in to learn what steps are being taken to protect these majestic animals of the sea so that they don't disappear forever.
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