An online campaign by Friend of the Sea aimed at convincing food delivery companies to remove shark fin soup from their menus has won a key victory.
A few days after the Just Eat pledge to remove sharkfin soup, Deliveroo has taken action and removed 600 shark fin dishes from its platform globally, from 180 different restaurants, and has committed to having no such dishes on the platform in future
Shark fin soup is an ancient tradition, widespread in many Asian countries, which has expanded globally, mainly as a gastronomic curiosity – and it is resisting the pressure to consigned to history.
According to Friend of the Sea director Paolo Bray, beyond any consideration of ‘taste’, the practice of shark finning is wasteful and cruel, killing an estimated 100 milion sharks each year, and bringing several shark populations close to extinction, while also negatively affecting the marine ecosystem..
Friend of the Sea launched an international petition which gathered almost 4000 signatures and led Just Eat to take off shark fin soups from its menu. Now Deliveroo have followed suit.
‘Food delivery companies can play a very important role in educating restaurants and consumers to respect the environment and social responsibility,’ Paolo Bray said.
‘The recent decisions by Just Eat and Deliveroo are encouraging.’
