Yao Ming swears off shark fin soup

Thanks to Astrid, whose blog may have expired (see below) but not her blog-spirit, for the link to this New York Times story:

Yao Ming Swears off Shark Fin Soup

As the human population increases, many wildlife species are decreasing, and the primary reason is that humans fail to treat animals as friends,'' said Yao, who played for the Shanghai Sharks basketball team before moving to the Houston Rockets.

The Shanghai Sharks indeed...