Environment group up in arms over shark’s fin soup served at Government party

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Environment group up in arms over shark’s fin soup served at Government party

 

 

The get-together for pro-government parties, held at a Bangkok hotel on Tuesday night, has come under heavy criticism from conservation groups and academics after it was discovered that shark’s fin soup had been served.

 

The set menu served to Government MPs included dim sum, steamed snow fish in soy sauce, shark’s fin soup, egg noodles with river prawns and fried Puey Leng vegetable.

 

Conservation groups and academics accused the Government of indifference regarding environmental issues, pointing out that the gathering came just a day ahead of Thai Environment Day.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/environment-group-up-in-arms-over-sharks-fin-soup-served-at-government-party/

 

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[Samui Bodoh]

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

Conservation groups and academics accused the Government of indifference regarding environmental issues, pointing out that the gathering came just a day ahead of Thai Environment Day.

How dare they be criticized!

 

Don't you know who they are!!! Especially the short, fat, bald, evil hobbit-looking one with the nice watch!!!

 

 

 

(Sadly, I need to point out that I am being sarcastic)

 

 

[baboon]

'Err, we had been watching 'Jaws', you see, and thought it might be fun to PRETEND we were eating shark fin soup. Really it was MaMa noodles we bought from a friend who is now sadly dead. The whole thing was simply a misunderstanding that could happen to anyone.

 

[Chazar]

4 minutes ago, baboon said:

'Err, we had been watching 'Jaws', you see, and thought it might be fun to PRETEND we were eating shark fin soup. Really it was MaMa noodles we bought from a friend who is now sadly dead. The whole thing was simply a misunderstanding that could happen to anyone.

Quick, where is Steven100's number...?'

he's  gone to  the  70%  sale  i  believe?

 

[YetAnother]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

the gathering came just a day ahead of Thai Environment Day

thai environment day , fits right in with general thai hypocrisy, as does the shark fin soup

[mok199]

Tomorrows headline '' Thailand becomes anti shark fin soup hub''....

[mikebell]

Prawit - the hub of the buffet.

[colinneil]

Highlite of the night was people laughing at Ole Fatty struggling with his over size doggy bag full of the left overs.

[Thian]

Sharkfin soup is a standard course at every chinese style weddingparty in thailand....

[petedk]

3 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

How dare they be criticized!

 

Don't you know who they are!!! Especially the short, fat, bald, evil hobbit-looking one with the nice watch!!!

 

 

 

(Sadly, I need to point out that I am being sarcastic)

 

 

His large watch was the first thing I noticed.

[mickey rat]

Only the best for the elite super VIP's. The shark fin soup will give them the extra vigor they need to rule the masses. 

[BuckBee]

It purely done to aid the economy and struggling higher end hotel sector .

you can trust uncle buck and general rolex do the right thing .

 

Looks a great party, bit like the army at weekends but just more dung thrown around .

 

Bit like sopranos crossed with dads army lol .

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

Don't you know who they are!!! Especially the short, fat, bald, evil hobbit-looking one with the nice watch!!!

Glad you added the watch at the end, for a moment I was confused as to who you meant!

[overherebc]

No need to worry. The sharks were caught 'outside' the environment.

[humbug]

just had to be Chinese food served to the Chinazi’s, destroyers of freedom and the animals/nature left on this planet

[Sticky Wicket]

They couldn't give a fig about the Thai people, so a few sharks aren't going to bother this lot of monsters

[gamini]

I would love to ask these ignorant enviralmentists what should be done with all the shark fins byproducts from all the sharks eaten all over the world by mainly poor people, and of course Australia which uses shark for their fish and chips . Should all the fins just be thrown away depriving a lot of poor fishermen of some of their income.  All the shark fin imported into Thailand are byproducts of shark that are eaten.

The despicable practice of removing the fins from sharks and throwing the carcasses back into the sea

Should be dealt with in the harshest possible manner with mandatory jail terms. It seems to me that trying to stop eating shark fin is not the answer. As a matter of interest most of this despicable practice occurs in richer countries. Fishermen in most countries catch sharks to eat. The fins do not have much value. It's only when they are processed do they have any real value. Processing them to make them edible is very expensive. Please note anyone replying to my post I am a ex fisheries officer.