They caught one. The fisherman quickly drags the frantic shark up to the bloodstained deck of the boat. The shark has a large metal hook through its mouth, protruding grotesquely from its lower jaw, dripping blood and chunks of skin. Soon, a second man stands on top of the helpless animal and methodically hacks off its precious fins with a hot metal blade, the treasure they came for. When the job is done, the two men kick and push the bloodied, dying animal off the boat and back into the water. It bobs up to the surface of the ocean one last time before slowly sinking to the bottom. Unable to swim, it will drown or be eaten alive by other wildlife in the ocean.

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