THE Walt Disney Company finally bowed to pressure last week and pulled shark fin soup from the menu at Hong Kong Disneyland. The dish was to be offered at extravagant wedding banquets from 12 September, when the resort is due to open.
Disney鈥檚 original plans attracted fierce criticism from conservationists, who claim the shark fin trade is driving major species to extinction. They accused Disney of failing to uphold its own environmental policy (快猫短视频, 11 June, p 8).
In a statement on 25 June, Disney said: 鈥淎fter careful consideration, and a thorough review process, we were not able to identify an environmentally sustainable fishing source, leaving us no alternative except to remove sharks鈥� fin soup from our wedding banquet menu.鈥�
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Says Brian Darvell, former chairman of the Hong Kong Conservation Society, 鈥淒isney has done the right thing, and a lot of people are now happy.鈥�
