(SHARKS) AUSTRALIA — In response to last year’s five fatal shark attacks, the Australian government has launched a rather excitable plan to lash back and attack the sharks instead. Taking what they call, “proactive action,” the government unveiled the $7.12 million track, catch, and destroy operation. If a shark happens to wander too close to the beach, it’s their life that will be in danger now. Read on for the full details on this controversial new preventative measure. — Global Animal
(CELEBRITY NEWS) AUSTRALIA — Shark expert and marine conservationist Ron Taylor lost his battle with cancer early this week. Taylor is perhaps best known for the frightening underwater footage the world saw in the 1975 film Jaws. While the controversial film portrays great white sharks as man-eating killers, Taylor and his wife thought the opposite. They both greatly appreciated the beautiful creatures, and even pointed out that the film inspired research and interest. Read on for more about the conservation work Taylor was involved with. — Global Animal
(SHARK NEWS) Over the years, Discovery Channel’s Shark Week has gained millions of viewers and even stretched across seas. Most tune in for the thrill, but animal activists are worried if this negatively depicts our fish while straying from the terrible reality that humans kill tens of millions of sharks per year. Humans are rarely threatened by sharks, but a lot of the episodes from Shark Week largely focus on the aggressive nature of Great Whites, a type of shark that seldom mistakes humans for seals. While MythBusters does a fantastic job reminding us we are more likely to die from a Black Friday stampede or even a hotdog than from a shark attack, this is just one episode competing amongst 160 other. Read on to learn more about how the series could help sharks by highlighting the dangers we put them through. — Global Animal
(ANIMAL NEWS) MASSACHUSETTS — A large population of great white sharks is lurking in the waters near Martha’s Vineyard in hope of a blubbery snack. Is the northeast set to experience a real life Jaws story this summer? — Global Animal
(WILDLIFE/LEGISLATION/) SACRAMENTO, CA — See why California is taking shark fin soup permanently off the menu, putting a major dent in the 73 million sharks killed a year by banning the sale, trade or possession of shark fins. — Global Animal
(SHARKS) Whale sharks are most commonly found alone, with their mouths open, drifting peacefully in the ocean. But over 400 of the gargantuan fish assembled off the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico this week. Could it be that these sharks aren’t as solitary as we thought, or could it be that these creatures will gather for special occasions? Find out what drew the whale sharks to Mexico and more. — Global Animal
Researchers at the University of Hawaii find that sharks have an advanced system to find and memorize the locations of consistently good meals, and return over and over to the best feeding grounds, even if it’s thousands of miles away.
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