Making the COVID-19 vaccine could mean the death of half a million sharks, but conservationists say there's another way

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Tue, 11/10/2020 - 5:30pm to 5:45pm

 

Conservationists and scientists are now raising the alarm that as many as half a million sharks—many of them endangered—may be slaughtered in order to create a vaccine for COVID-19. However, there are alternatives. Voices for the Animals host and KBOO Reporter Michele Coppola spoke with Stefanie Brendl of Shark Allies, a conservation group in Los Angeles.

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