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Shark culling must be outlawed.
Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:13pm

How dare the Barnett government in WA implement such a barbaric and cruel policy, as to kill hundrds of sharks in their own territory? This is no better than the whaling by the Japs. Okay, so they want to protect swimmers and tourism, but the facts are that less than 10 people are killed by sharks yearly in Australia. Also, if you are willing to risk your own life by going into a shark's territory, then that's your responsibility.

If sharks started to come to our homes, neigjbourhoods and communities and kiled us, then maybe it would be okay. Until then, however, this cruel and barbaric practice has to stop.

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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #1 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:18pm Think of all the shark testicle soup you'll miss out on sweety.
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Reply #2 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:21pm

I heard a recent thing about things that kill more people than sharks every year.

One of them was coconuts, and another was vending machines I believe

matty wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:13pm:

but the facts are that less than 10 people are killed by sharks yearly in Australia

I think the total number is less than a hundred ever

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Pete Waldo wrote on Jan 15^th, 2014 at 11:24pm:

Thus killing those Canaanite babies while they were still innocent, was a particularly merciful act

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matty Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11055 East Sydney Gender:	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #3 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:22pm skippy. wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:18pm: Think of all the shark testicle soup you'll miss out on sweety. So you make light of such an issue? That actually surprises me.
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Karnal Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 96444	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #4 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:22pm I agree, Matty. What’s the policy of the Greens on this issue?
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Reply #5 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:24pm

Stratos wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:21pm:

I heard a recent thing about things that kill more people than sharks every year.

One of them was coconuts, and another was vending machines I believe

matty wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:13pm:

but the facts are that less than 10 people are killed by sharks yearly in Australia

I think the total number is less than a hundred ever

That is probably correct. If a shark sees you, it's more than likely going to just turn the other way. The only times that they actually eat humans, so I've heard, is when they are desperately hungry, and/or can't see well and mistake humans for something else.

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Reply #6 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:25pm

matty wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:22pm:

skippy. wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:18pm:

Think of all the shark testicle soup you'll miss out on sweety.

So you make light of such an issue? That actually surprises me. Huh

Nothing light about shark testicles. They're very salty. As for the story in general, do I think it's wrong ? Yea. Is it in the wrong board? Yea.

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philperth2010 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20518 Perth Gender:	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #7 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:28pm The fish is caught on drum lines, killed then the carcass is dumped out at sea.....If costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and will fail.....And we criticize the Japanese for killing whales to eat!!!
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Reply #8 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:33pm

I agree. If we went around killing everything that wanted a fair feed, we'd all be killed off.

Bizarre reasoning to attach human values and mores to a wild animal with a totally different outlook on life, and 'punish' them in some kind of tribal or corporate punishment - as if the 'fear' induced will cause them to behave differently.

I despair of the human race....

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Stratos Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4725	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #9 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:36pm Aren't the sharks they are after endangered too?
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Reply #10 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:47pm

Stratos wrote on Feb 12^th, 2014 at 9:36pm:

Aren't the sharks they are after endangered too?

Some are even protected like the Great White.....Sharks will not be scared of Barnett's drum lines and still attack people who swim where the sharks are looking for food.....That could be anywhere on the WA coast.....No doubt Barnett will blame SA for rouge sharks and demand they cull their predators as well.....Where will it end???

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sir prince duke alevine Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23619 Gender:	Re: Shark culling must be outlawed. Reply #11 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 10:05pm It is a disgusting policy.
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Reply #12 - Feb 12^th, 2014 at 11:05pm

I think a few things are causing an upsurge in shark attacks. Firstly, and in no particular order, over-fishing of marine life that would normally be food for sharks has caused them to search further for meals and in doing so, they're being less picky about what they attack. Secondly, there has been a surge in the number of sharks off the coast, probably due to a decline in fishing for sharks that has caused their numbers to swell. Thirdly, more people going in the water, especially on shark dives in cages, etc is making sharks less wary of humans and therefore more likely to attack us. Finally, is there really an increase in shark attacks, or are they just being reported more often?

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Reply #13 - Feb 13^th, 2014 at 6:59am

For any species to swell in numbers means food is in abundance.

As far as I can remember there have all ways been shark attacks in Australia, if the statistics are growing it must be due to the law of averages. Our population has grown by 10 million since the 80's. my guess is the percentage of people taken by sharks to the population number would still be the same through out the last century.

its a pity politicians are not swimming in these areas.

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