A food blogger has been fined about $18,500 after she posted a video last year that showed her buying, preparing and eating a great white shark, an animal that is protected in China.
A Chinese food blogger has been fined about $18,500 after she posted a video last year that showed her buying, preparing and eating a great white shark, an animal that is protected in China. on Chinese social media site Douyin that showed her buying the shark, which appears to be about six feet in length, and then preparing it two ways: grilled over an open fire and sautéed in a wok. She then picks up the part of the shark that was grilled and tears strips off with her teeth.
The fisherman and the merchant who sold her the shark have been arrested, according to the statement. The video, which went viral last year, sparked outrage among many Chinese viewers, with one replying on the Douyin site,"Truly horrific to the extreme." Others commented about the possibility of legal punishment, with one commenter writing,"Now she's done it, the next five years she won't have to cook anymore."© 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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