On the 26th February, we went to Kowloon Junior School for the Agents of Change NGO event. We gave the same presentation to 4 groups of 40 kids ie approximately 160 kids. We used the claymation video to start off after a brief introduction of HKSF and it went down extremely well. There were over 20…
Meet the New Sharks of 2015 The worn and weary phrase “There’s more fish in the sea” isn’t just cold solace for heartbroken saps, but for shark biologists, this means more discoveries of new species. Another year of science closes, giving us pause to review those new species of sharks described in the scientific literature, bringing…
A 9 years old girl found a shark teeth fossil when she was having a walk on beach. She originally thought that was a weird-shaped rock until she found another one few days later. She then took the rocks to an expert and discovered that the rocks were actually shark teeth fossils. For full news…
Orient Overseas (International) Limited decided not to ship dolphin/whale/shark products anymore and showed their willingness on environmental protection. For full news ( Chinese), please refer to the following link: http://www.hk01.com/%E7%92%B0%E4%BF%9D/7817/-%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9%E6%B5%B7%E5%A4%96-%E5%AE%A3%E5%B8%83%E6%8B%92%E9%81%8B%E9%AD%9A%E7%BF%85-%E9%A1%98%E8%82%A9%E8%B2%A0%E4%BF%9D%E8%82%B2%E9%87%8D%E4%BB%BB-%E7%92%B0%E5%9C%98-%E6%A8%99%E8%AA%8C%E6%80%A7%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A
On Feb 3, a large number of shark corpses were found in Taiwan. All of them are juvenile and their fins were cut. For full news (Chinese) , please refer to the following link: http://www.ettoday.net/news/20160203/643233.htm
An aquarium in Okinawa, Japan tried to keep a Great White Shark. However, after three days, the shark became weak and sink to the bottom of the capacity. It eventually died. For full news (Chinese), please go to the following link: http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/international/20160108/54624031
HKSF has done a research about shark fin restaurant in Jan 2016. We found that 98% of the interviewed restaurant provides shark fin menus, including those have already promised to be shark-free. To see more related news: On.cc (Chinese) http://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20160125/bkn-20160125150020239-0125_00822_001.html SCMP (English) http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1905257/shark-fin-soup-still-served-98-cent-hong-kong
After having interview with RTHK, we had another interview with Mtero Radio this time on 1st Feb! This time, we not only shared the shark fun facts and conservation messages but also encouraged the public not to have shark fin soup in the coming Chinese New Year! Hope the audience would support “shark-free” new year!
HKSF was interviewed by RTHK radio today and we shared about many fun shark facts and the importance of conserving sharks. We hope the audience could get the message and take action! If you want to revise the programmme, you may visit the link below: http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio1/holo_good_joe&d=2016-01-23&p=5887&e=342674&m=episode
We gave a talk to more than 200 kids at Yan Chai Hospital Yim Tsui Yuk Shan Kindergarten today! We hope that they could understand the importance of protecting sharks and encourage their families to save sharks together!
