Shark attack victims testified on Capitol Hill yesterday in favor of a nationwide ban on shark-finning — the practice of cutting-off a shark’s dorsal fin and throwing back the rest, reports Energy & Environment Daily.
Recruited to testify by the Pew Environment Group, Al Brennika was attacked in 1976 while surfing by a 7-foot lemon shark. He testified that,
“I was limbed. They get finned. It gives me … empathy for their situation.”
Brennika was one of several shark-attack victims at the hearing apparently suffering from Jaws-version of Stockholm syndrome.
That’s today’s insight into the mind of an environmentalist and the nutty way environmental policy is made in Washington, DC.