FIVE TON BLUE WHALE CAPTURED /SOLD

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Yes.,  in just another one of CHINA's lack of ecological care of life and existence, herein below is a very sad story about a 5 ton GIANT BLUE WHALE caught in fishing line.  By some accounts alive, and then dragged into port and hung by a crane.  Then sold for very little to a Chinese businessman. 
SO  FOR ALL OF US,  WHO CONTINUE TO BUY THOSE CHINESE MADE SCUBA PRODUCTS... which I think is / are just about everything we dive with.....THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT SAYS ABOUT US as DIVERS.
At least Taiwan is  banning the killing, catching of whales in Jan. 08. 

here is the article
Five-ton blue shark captured in east China
           
Fishers use a crane to load the giant blue shark on May 23, 2007.A giant blue shark was captured by a fisher in east China's Jiangsu Province on the afternoon of May 23. The shark is 10 meters long and 1.5 meters wide with a total weight of five tons or so. A businessman passing by purchased it at the price of over 100,000 yuan right after the capture. A giant blue shark was captured by a fisher in east China's Jiangsu Province on the afternoon of May 23. The shark is 10 meters long and 1.5 meters wide with a total weight of five tons or so. A businessman passing by purchased it at the price of over 100,000 yuan right after the capture.