Sharks are being slaughtered at a breathtaking clip — and with shocking disregard for their suffering or for the waste of the rest of their bodies — to satisfy a demand for shark fin soup. They’re being wiped out so that people can have appetizers. Well, maybe something finally is being done about that on an international level. Today, protective measures for five shark species advanced at the CITES conference in Bangkok, with final action on those measures to be fully resolved by week’s end. Watch our Will Travers’ reaction to the shark developments and find other up-to-the minute tweets, photos, blogs and videos on our “Latest from CITES” webpage; and check out our CITES photo gallery.