Revealed: Brazilian state buys endangered angelsharks for school lunches

Mongabay
Aug 7, 2025, 2:44 pm141 pts
Endangered angelsharks have been served to schoolchildren in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul for years, as well as in hospitals, clinics, shelters and other public institutions, Mongabay has found. We identified 52 tenders totaling more than 211 metric tons of “peixe anjo,” a common name for…

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