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A worker examines shark fins cut off from the frozen carcasses of sharks at a fish processing plant in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, November 15, 2011. Taiwan plans to ban shark fining by next year to end the practice of cutting off shark fins and throwing the body back into the ocean, which environmentalists blame for animal cruelty, according to Taiwan's Fishery Administration. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN – Tags: ANIMALS POLITICS)