<story><title>Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade</title><url>https://www.humanesociety.org/news/congress-passes-legislation-end-us-participation-global-shark-fin-trade</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>LinkLink</author><text>There really does need to be a limit on bill length
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.congress.gov&amp;#x2F;bill&amp;#x2F;117th-congress&amp;#x2F;house-bill&amp;#x2F;7776&amp;#x2F;text&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.congress.gov&amp;#x2F;bill&amp;#x2F;117th-congress&amp;#x2F;house-bill&amp;#x2F;7776...&lt;/a&gt;
For anyone who was riding their high horse on this, the bill is a majority a defense spending bill which includes appropriations of sea territory and military operations. About 3000 pages of spending, and oh but dont kill sharks.</text></comment>
<story><title>Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade</title><url>https://www.humanesociety.org/news/congress-passes-legislation-end-us-participation-global-shark-fin-trade</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ancapsfascists</author><text>I do not understand how a human can participate in finning.&lt;p&gt;Amputation of the fins from a living, awake animal then tossing it into ocean while it thrashes around in pain.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s no excuse for that level of inhumanity.</text></comment>