Why Do We Kill 100 Million Sharks Each Year?

EcoWatch covered last December how 100 million sharks are killed each year. That means that during this past summer’s installment of Shark Week, approximately 1.9 million sharks were killed. Richard Branson wisely cautioned against turning a few shark encounters into an excuse to kill more sharks as shark hysteria reached unprecedented levels this past summer.

So why do we kill so many sharks? Find out from this Discovery News video:

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