Shark’s Fin Soup: To Ban Or Not To Ban? http://web1.iseas.edu.sg/?p=6876 http://web1.iseas.edu.sg/wp-content/upload...02/16feb121.pdf
Will banning shark’s fin soup from restaurant menus really save shark populations from extinction?
NO,
says one man, a vet, an animal lover, and member of a UN body on endangered species.
Join us for an ISEAS seminar
“Shark’s Fin Soup Helps the Poor: Is the Fin Industry all that Bad?”
Thursday, 16 February 2012
9:30am - 12:30pm
ISEAS Seminar Room II
SPEAKER
Dr Choo-Hoo Giam
Committee Member, CITES (UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
DISCUSSANTS
Mr Louis Ng - Executive Director, ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society)
Mr Hank Jenkins - President, Species Management Specialists
Professor Steve Oakley - Chairman, Shark Savers Malaysia
PROGRAMME
9:30am to 10:15am “Sharks Fin Soup Helps the Poor: Is the Fin Industry all that Bad?” by Dr Choo-Hoo Giam
10:15am - 10:30am Tea Break
10:30am - 12noon
Discussants: Mr Louis Ng
Mr Hank Jenkins
Prof Steve Oakley
12noon Q & A
To register, email may@iseas.edu.sg Or http://web1.iseas.edu.sg/?page_id=6877