Pork fins

Discovery News, yesterday, posted a story on how Asians are attempting to replace the beloved shark fin, the main ingredient for shark fin soup, with artificial fins made from pork. Sharks are becoming extinct, and fisherman simply cut off that essential fin and discard the helpless animal back into the water to rot and die. So instead, they've decided to kill pigs. Because we can breed pigs they are therefore disposable.
I've been eating in Chinese vegetarian restaurants since the dawn of time. And Vegetarian Shark Fin graces the menu of nearly every place. Instead of using gelatin made out of pork, eww, use aspic, seaweed or arrowroot. Or just move on, realizing that your barbaric practice of eating fins off nearly animals is way due for an extreme overhaul.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/10/19/shark-fin-animal.html?category=animals&guid=20071019141500&dcitc=w19-502-ak-0000