One supermarket in South Korea uses shark corpses for photographing marketing, causing abuse of animal disputes

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[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Recently, a supermarket in South Korea has carried out photography activities with shark corpses, which caused controversy in animal abuse, and the event was eventually canceled. According to the South Korean "No Cut" news website reported on August 1, the Shark camera area was set up in the aquatic product area at the end of the month. The photos circulating on the Internet show that the huge shark is placed on the ice and has blood on the body. On the signs on the side, there are descriptions about sharks and how to take good photos. It also specifies that this is a unique activity of the store. "South Korea Daily" said that many of the audiences of the event are customers who bring their children to supermarkets and family -oriented units. Such a picture is uncomfortable. Some netizens criticized on social media that wearing a hat to take pictures in front of the shark corpse with open eyes is "strange marketing." After the controversy was fermented, the shark corpse displayed immediately was easy to buy and deleted related promotional posts on social media. According to reports, the Emperor Longshan Store began to show fish, such as catfish and rolling fish in the aquatic area, and other fish. (Han Wen)

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