Learn more about some of these prized delicacies and the controversies behind them
Although many items on this list are highly sought-after and even exude connotations of luxury, these six specialities stir some heated debates, be it on the grounds of sustainability, animal cruelty, or uneasiness. Take a closer look at these controversial delicacies from France to Korea, and learn more about what makes them so contentious here:
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1. Shark’s Fin
The key ingredient in the once-popular and luxurious shark fin soup, this delicacy has become wildly infamous because of how sharks fins are collected. Since the market price of shark fins are much higher than its meat, live sharks are typically caught, finned, and thrown back into the water, where they either suffocate, are slowly eaten by other animals, or bleed to death.
Numerous countries and jurisdictions now have full or partial bans on shark finning, shark fishing, and shark fin soup. At the same time, multiple airlines have also implemented bans against the transportation of shark fins.
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