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[xariatay]

Shark’s Fin Soup: To Ban Or Not To Ban? http://web1.iseas.edu.sg/?p=6876 http://web1.iseas.ed...02/16feb121.pdf

Will banning shark’s fin soup from restaurant menus really save shark populations from extinction?

NO,
says one man, a vet, an animal lover, and member of a UN body on endangered species.

Join us for an ISEAS seminar
“Shark’s Fin Soup Helps the Poor: Is the Fin Industry all that Bad?”
Thursday, 16 February 2012
9:30am - 12:30pm
ISEAS Seminar Room II

SPEAKER
Dr Choo-Hoo Giam
Committee Member, CITES (UN  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)

DISCUSSANTS
Mr Louis Ng - Executive Director, ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society)
Mr Hank Jenkins - President, Species Management Specialists
Professor Steve Oakley - Chairman, Shark Savers Malaysia

PROGRAMME
9:30am to 10:15am “Sharks Fin Soup Helps the Poor: Is the Fin Industry all that Bad?” by Dr Choo-Hoo Giam
10:15am - 10:30am Tea Break
10:30am - 12noon
Discussants: Mr Louis Ng
Mr Hank Jenkins
Prof Steve Oakley

12noon Q & A

To register, email may@iseas.edu.sg Or http://web1.iseas.edu.sg/?page_id=6877

[Drew]

Xaria, does that mean Giam will NOT be on the panel? If not, will he be doing a Q&A?

[xariatay]

Giam is the (main) Speaker.

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