Shark fin banned from airline

Shark fin will no longer be transported by Philippine Airlines, the company have announced after a report showed the carrier had flown 6.8 tons of illegal products from Dubai to Hong Kong.

In an interview with the South China Morning Post, a Philippine Airlines spokesperson, confirmed that the carrier would stop the shipments. "It's a total stop. We are stopping the shipment on all fronts, not just to Hong Kong," said Cielo Villaluna. "PAL takes the issue of protection and conservation of endangered marine life seriously."

The decision follows the news that the Conservation group WildLifeRisk and ocean-advocacy group Fins Attached had found 136 bags, each with 50kg of dried shark fins, "freshly arrived from Dubai" on Philippine Airlines earlier this month (April 2014).

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