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Sorry for long post but this was in the Sydney Morning Herald today:
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Does anyone know if this sort of attack ever results in catching and relocating the sharks? I don't know much about the procedures following shark attacks but is it a necessary requirement to attempt to find the culprit & kill it to locate any remains of the victim?
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Unless you relocate it to an aquarium a shark will just swim back "home".
I'm not fond of killing sharks (especially considering that global shark populations are down 40-60% depending on species). There is no evidence to suggest that sharks deliberately hunt and kill humans in the same way they do with seals or some aquatic birds. Most if not all attacks against swimmers appear to be either exploratory (bite and see) and/or instinctive. Nevertheless, bull sharks are known to be unpredictable, aggressive and fond of shallow waters. It's therefore natural that a bull shark will have more contact with swimmers than other species and if it decided to make a home near a swimming beach and it has attacked a swimmer then you don't have many options. You can close the beach and hope it goes away you can net off the swimming area, which creates more problems than it solves or you can kill the shark. Which is the least of the evils?
The human reaction is obviously to kill the shark and hope that another one doesn't come to take it's place. If that's the most rational option is debatable.
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