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NBA star Yao Ming pledged to give up eating shark's fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, as he joined a campaign to promote wildlife protection. Steve Trent, President of WildAid; basketball star Yao ...

Basketball star Yao Ming attends a ceremony in Shanghai on Thursday to launch a campaign urging people to stop eating shark fin soup. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] SHANGHAI - Basketball ...

SHANGHAI - Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is taking the fight against ... "There's been a massive increase in shark fin soup and the killing of sharks," said Branson, whose Virgin ...

said Yao, who gave up eating shark fin in 2006 and says he avoids events where it is served. About 20 countries and regions have imposed regulations on finning or commercial shark fishing.

in the latest effort to curb the trade and consumption of shark fin. On Thursday, recently retired NBA star Yao Ming joined British billionaire Richard Branson in Shanghai to make an appeal ...

“When the buying stops, the killing can too” Chinese basketball star Yao Ming pushes a white ceramic cup of shark fin soup across a table. In an aquarium tank to his right, a bleeding computer ...

The effort includes numerous public service announcements featuring celebrity ambassadors like former NBA star Yao Ming. Some say this effort may have cut Asia’s shark fin demand by 70 percent.

Basketball superstar Yao Ming and British entrepreneur Richard Branson joined forces on Thursday to get shark fin soup off the menu and save some of the species from extinction. Basketball star ...

SHANGHAI (AP) — Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is taking the fight against eating shark fins back to his homeland, where demand for the traditional delicacy is soaring despite ...