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Newmarket, Ontario Passes Shark Fin Ban

March 26, 2012

By a vote of 5-1, Newmarket, Ontario becomes the latest municipality in Canada to act on banning the sale and possession of shark fin.  With Newmarket’s ban, now over four million Ontario residents - one-third of Ontario’s population - live in a jurisdiction where a shark fin ban has been formalized.

Richard Branson and Bo Derek Announce WildAid Canada's Polar Bear Campaign

March 7, 2012

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At a news conference in Toronto, international entrepreneur and philanthropist Sir Richard Branson, and actress and WildAid Board Member Bo Derek, called for greater protection of Canada’s polar bears, announcing that legislation to protect the hundreds of polar bears living in northern Ontario will soon be tabled at Queen’s Park.

Chinese bear bile company hoping to go public

February 24, 2012

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New York Announces Shark Fin Ban

February 23, 2012

This week, New York State legislators introduced a bill prohibiting the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.

The bill, which is sponsored by State Assembly Members Alan Maisel, Linda B. Rosenthal, and Grace Meng, anticipates the banning of shark fins in New York State as soon as 2013.

Open Letter to Wall Street Journal

February 22, 2012

An open letter to Wall Street Journal writer Shibani Mahtani, in response to her article, "Experts Swim Against Shark Fin Debate"

Dear Shibani:

Your title for this piece should have been "Two Shark Fin Trade Lobbyists Swim Against the Current.”

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