OK, maybe it's the beach-goers who are out of place, not the sharks?

[marmar]

Shark Attacks Spark Kill Orders to Protect Aussie Beaches


(Bloomberg) The government of Western Australia said it plans to track, catch and if necessary kill sharks threatening beachgoers after a record five fatal attacks in the state in the past year.

Officials will be allowed to destroy sharks “posing an imminent threat,” Fisheries Minister Norman Moore said in an e- mailed statement today as he announced a A$6.85 million ($7.1 million) protection, research and education program. Previously the state only issued kill orders following a shark attack.

Tourism operators in Western Australia are attempting to lure domestic and international visitors to the state’s 12,000- kilometer-long (7,500-mile) coastline, which is studded with pristine beaches. The most recent attack saw a 24-year-old surfer taken by a five-meter great white shark on July 14 off an isolated beach about 160 kilometers north of the state capital Perth. His remains weren’t recovered.

There have been at least 869 shark attacks in the nation since 1791, 216 of them fatal, according to the Australian Shark Attack File based at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. The deaths in Western Australia in the past year include an American scuba-diving tourist, a body boarder and a swimmer at Perth’s Cottesloe Beach, it said. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-27/shark-attacks-spark-kill-orders-to-protect-aussie-beaches.html

[MuseRider]

1. Agreed.

As a scuba diver I know that I take that risk. Not that there is much risk where I have been, I have seen a lot of sharks but I know if one gets me it is because I was in it's home.

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2. Follow the money

Imminent threats are just...fucked.

[hobbit709]

3. When you are out there doing seal imitations in great white territory.

don't be surprised if you get mistaken for lunch.