On September 22nd in Shanghai WildAid, a charity, launched a campaign to persuade Chinese people to give up eating the delicacy.

9月22日，一家慈善机构——野生救援协会在上海发起了一场旨在劝说国人放弃食用鱼翅汤的活动。

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Since the campaign began in February, WildAid has seen the number of small donors to its elephant initiative rise 94 percent, he said.

他说，自从2月这个活动开始以来，野生救援已经看到，对大象保护工作的小额捐款上升了94%。

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"What I'm seeing now is a lot of anger," said Andrew Harmon, a spokesman for WildAid, a global conservation group based in San Francisco.

“我现在看到有很多人对此感到愤怒，”总部位于旧金山的全球动物保护组织野生救援(WildAid)的发言人安德鲁·哈蒙(Andrew Harmon)说。

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The rapid reduction of sharks is disrupting the ocean's equilibrium, according to Peter Knights, director of WildAid International.

CNN: Shark fin soup alters an ecosystem

In 2006 WildAid also famously recruited Yao Ming, the 7-foot-6 NBA star, to swear off shark fin.

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WildAid enlisted the aid of numerous celebrities to celebrate the ground-breaking legislation including my personal favorite, Hawaiian born Kelly Hu (Chinese America actress, fashion model, former Miss Teen USA and former Miss Hawaii USA).

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