I have just had the misfortune to flip stations and see Monster Shark Tournament on ESPN. This is the nastiest piece of work I have ever seen on tv and can't believe that there are people out there who think it's just fine.
On this episode they happily tortured, and I use this term appropriately, a huge thresher shark. Then later had the audacity to narrate along the lines of "and the huge gaff hook is testament to a fight well fought." The hook was through the centre of the shark. The shark didn't fight the good fight. The shark was caught, cruelly gaffed, tied up, dragged behind the boat at speed to drown it and then dragged on board.
This is not acceptable behaviour by humans. I hope people see the show and/or read this post & similar ones and make their voice heard. Not much gets me livid, but this does...what next? Shark fin soup cook-offs?
On this episode they happily tortured, and I use this term appropriately, a huge thresher shark. Then later had the audacity to narrate along the lines of "and the huge gaff hook is testament to a fight well fought." The hook was through the centre of the shark. The shark didn't fight the good fight. The shark was caught, cruelly gaffed, tied up, dragged behind the boat at speed to drown it and then dragged on board.
This is not acceptable behaviour by humans. I hope people see the show and/or read this post & similar ones and make their voice heard. Not much gets me livid, but this does...what next? Shark fin soup cook-offs?