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Stat: At least 63 million sharks are taken from the ocean every year.

Story: And that\\u2019s the low estimate; others range as high was 273 million. That worldwide catch\\u2014for shark fins and increasingly for their meat\\u2014is threatening some species with extinction. In this episode, host Dan LeDuc talks with two unlikely advocates for protecting sharks: South African Paralympian Achmat Hassiem and Pew\\u2019s Debbie Salamone. Both have been bitten by sharks but have turned their experiences into something positive: becoming shark attack survivors supporting shark conservation.