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After half a billion years, are sharks heading for extinction?

Studies suggest that a third of coral reef sharks and more than half of pelagic sharks may be wiped out as a result of overfishing, habitat loss and pollution

James Bradley
The unutterably cruel practice of shark-finning, whereby the fins are removed from live sharks, which are then tossed back into the sea to die a slow and painful death.  Getty Images
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