Claim: Shark Allies, a shark conservation group, estimated that as many as 550,000 wild sharks could be killed for their squalene, a natural chemical found in their liver, to produce a COVID-19 vaccine.
Fact-check: Will Over Half A Million Sharks Be Killed for COVID-19 Vaccine?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Madison Dapcevich
Date published: 2020-10-09T10:22:19