Moreton Bay charter boat deckhand Bryce Daly is starting to feel unsafe swimming the waters he’s grown up fishing. “You’ve always got a shark in the back of your mind,” the 32-year-old Jimboomba man says. Two shark encounters last month captured national attention and rocked coastal communities along the densely populated south-east Queensland coast. In […]
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Shark bites off surfer’s leg in Hawaii
A shark bit a Maui surfer on Friday and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park on Friday morning when a shark bit him. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to control the bleeding with tourniquets. His right leg was “completely severed just below the […]
Shark attacks are on the rise worldwide, study says: How common are they in California?
The start of summer signals the return of shark sightings, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Last year, the number of unprovoked shark attacks increased worldwide, with over half of the incidents occurring in U.S. waters, the University of Florida’s International Shark File, a scientific database of global shark attacks, reported in […]
Father Rips Shark’s Mouth Off Son in Fishing Trip Horror
A teen in Australia was rushed to hospital after a great white shark latched onto his leg during a fishing trip. His dad leaped to the rescue and used his bare hands to rescue his son by pulling the predator off his leg, local media outlet 7News reported. Nathan Ness, 16, was on a family […]
Shark Attacks Man in River, Rips Off Foot and Most of Calf
Aseven-foot-long bull shark has attacked a man in a river in India, ripping off part of his lower leg. The 32-year-old man, Vickey Govari, had been fishing in the Vaitarna River in the state of Maharashtra’s Palghar district when the shark attacked. As the shark lunged at the man, it severed his left leg at […]
Controversial Shark Culling Program Claims Over 700 Marine Lives in Queensland
In 2023, more than 700 marine animals, including nine dolphins, fell victim to Queensland‘s controversial shark culling program, utilizing shark nets and drum lines. The data, compiled by Conservation groups advocating against the program, sheds light on the death toll and raises renewed concerns about the effectiveness and ethics of these lethal measures. Despite being […]
New Caledonia Court Halts Shark Culling Amid Environmental Outcry
In a bold move reverberating through the waves of New Caledonia, a Noumea court has put a stop to the controversial practice of shark culling. This decision came after a string of shark attacks last year, including one that tragically claimed the life of an Australian tourist. But the court, in a judgment released on December 28, […]
Are Shark Attacks Increasing?
Sharks are one of the largest predatory animals in the ocean, and they have been dominating the oceans for millions of years. From time to time, we humans are attacked by these predators, but are these attacks increasing? Shark Attacks have been increasing slightly over the last two to three years. This is generally ascribed […]