Food blogger in China who cooked and ate great white shark is fined US$18,500


A file photo of a great white shark. The woman broke China’s wildlife protection laws when she purchased the animal in April last year and later consumed it, officials in Nanchong, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, said in a statement over the weekend. — Photo by Oleksandr Sushko on Unsplash

A food blogger in China was fined 125,000 yuan (RM78,543 or US$18,500) by authorities after she posted a video showing her illegally buying and eating a great white shark, a clip that prompted a backlash online.

The woman broke China’s wildlife protection laws when she purchased the animal in April last year and later consumed it, officials in Nanchong, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, said in a statement over the weekend. Officials identified the woman only as Jin, and she goes by Tizi in her videos.

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