cull necessary?” Is it necessary when the population of a species grows beyond the carrying capacity of its environment? Or is it necessary when the population of a species begins to negatively impact the environment and other species within it? These are important questions to consider when discussing the ethics of culling. alive. Despite this, humans tend to decide more quickly to kill the more ferocious-looking species rather than the seemingly nicer ones. The culling of sharks has become a major problem, especially considering the significant decline in the great white population. These animals are now on the vulnerability list, and hunting them for fins and trophies is not only frowned upon but also persecuted. Sharks are baited into following closer to the shore, where they become accustomed to finding food, only to be captured and killed. This practice is inhumane because these creatures follow the shoreline with no intention of hurting people, only to eat and survive, yet they are hunted and harmed to the point of being threatened. Family members of a man named Sam Kellett, who was attacked and killed by a shark, spoke out in protest against the cull, claiming that Kellett would have wanted nothing to do with it if he were still alive. Rarely do attacks occur that are not provoked by intruding upon territory or threatening the animal itself. However, even if an attack is unprovoked, it may be due to confusion of humans with another animal that sharks commonly hunt. Sharks do not deliberately seek to consume humans, as they are not a part of their diet. The issue of shark attacks, however, can be further prevented without the need for killing them. If nets were more securely placed around beach areas, there would be a safer swimming region for civilians. For activities that are further into the sea, it is important to remember that humans are intruding upon the sharks' territory, and for that reason, the sharks may become more agitated. If it really came down to it, rather than capture and kill, a program for capture and relocation could be implemented to migrate the sharks into further areas and protect both humans and animals. In conclusion, the culling of sharks is unnecessary. There are many other solutions that could be implemented to prevent shark attacks. The cost of culling is immense, the procedure is drawn out, and it damages the ecosystem. Without sharks, a valuable predator is no longer present to continue the food chain that it remains at the end of, and populations of other animals can drastically increase, causing a large imbalance. Culling sharks does not prevent the deaths of humans and instead creates bigger complications than the sharks themselves.
the drum- lines program with hooks like needles is working even though sometimes it’s a false call but it is keeping every one safe so far. In my opinion, I think that the main reason there is shark attacks because of crowded beaches. I think that because there is so many people in the water that you can’t sea your surroundings.
The Great Shark debate – to cull or not to cull, has been at the forefront of the minds of conservationists, as well as the general population for many decades now. The opinions of everyone are divided, according to their personal experiences, and views on what is right and wrong for the environment.
Every year hundreds of sharks get killed just because people fear them. Western Australia has brought in the Shark Culls after a series of fatal attacks. Most of these people attacked are usually surfers, swimmers or shark haters. Now imagine this, what if you were a shark swimming and suddenly someone tries to hunt your down, how would you feel? We wouldn’t like it very much if the sharks did the same thing to us. In the following paragraphs, I would give you three reasons on why Shark Culling should be abolished not only in Western Australia but also all around the world.
The bull shark may be responsible for many shark attacks in the world but I believe that we have no right to kill them. Sharks are very important to animals food cycles and if the food cycles get messed up it can greatly effect the world. In fact, the bull shark is more vulnerable to human impact due to their ability to live in fresh and salt water but many sharks that are killed are for either shark fin soup or their liver oil. The sharks liver oil has many uses now but it started as a machine lubricant. Another way that sharks die is by recreational fishing. The sharks can get caught up in the fishermen's nets and eventually suffocate and die. As an environmental community, I feel like we need to inform people about shark habits and how to keep sharks safe. The water is their home and we are
The first groups/people that I have chose that are for shark culling are the Western Australian Government including WA premier Colin Barnett and a lady called Krystle Westwood. The reason KryColin Barnett and the Western Australian Government wants to cull sharks is because innocent civilians are being scared, harrassed and potentially bitten and killed by sharks at local crowded beaches. One of the main jobs that the Western Australian Government has to do is to keep their people safe, and if their people are in danger they will do almost anything in order to keep them safe. Aswell as this, shark signtings, shark attacks and news about deaths from shark attacks can catch onto the news and travel around Australia and sometimes the world. This news
Information (sub-point): The solution to the problem of shark finning is to sign petitions and force the government to pass legislature that will ban shark finning, as well as ban the import of shark fins. In 2000, Bill Clinton signed the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 (SFPA), which “banned finning on any fishing vessel within United States territorial waters, and on all U.S.-flagged fishing vessels in international waters” (Speigel, 2011). Currently, it is also illegal to hunt sharks in many parts around the world due to various restrictions set by other government, but it is not illegal to import and sell shark fins. Finding shark fins in the US can be as easy as walking into an Asian restaurant and ordering shark fin soup. If we truly want to make a difference, and see a rise in the shark populations around the world, we need to ban the sell and trade of shark fins
Great White Sharks can be found virtually anywhere in the world but they tend to prefer temperate waters off the coasts of Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the California and the eastern U.S., and Mexico. In its natural environment, this shark has only one enemy, the Orca whale. However, the shark's most threatening predator is humans. Great White Sharks have a monstrous reputation with society due to the sensationalized media that accompanies them. Sharks are killed for numerous reasons through commercial fishing, sport fishing, or for body parts such as fins. An estimated seventy million sharks are killed annually due to trade and many more sharks are also killed accidentally in fishermen's nets (Shark Conservation Through Legislation, 2001, http). Trade for fins, teeth, and jaws also result in thousand...
Even being careful of tan lines because to a shark they can resemble color variations on fish. Third, many people should try not to swim in murky dirty water or in water where you cannot see around you. A lot of simple tasks can prevent attacks that many people just do not pay attention to. For instance, swimming alone or in waters where there has been recent shark attacks. If people were more aware of the attacks and how it could happen to anyone maybe there would not be as
How many more fatal shark attacks will it take for someone in authority to acknowledge the damages, economically and socially, caused to human beings by sharks? We must legalise the culling of sharks. Sharks do not only brutally attack us humans but they also kill us. Culling sharks may not be the most pleasing way to find a solution but it is the most effective, quickest and easiest method. Scientists have argued that culling sharks will bring the ecosystem crashing down but this in fact is not true.
Jaws is a horror movie about a rogue shark that enjoyed nothing more than hunting down and devouring innocent bystanders. The movie quickly evolved into a cult-classic with three sequels and an ensemble of mentally scarred fans. Although Jaws caused an uproar of fear throughout the world, its portrayal of the monstrous shark and its appetite for humanity isn’t all so accurate. In fact,contrary to popular belief, sharks actually dislike the taste of humans. Apparently, we’re too bony for their liking. Often times, when a shark does attack a human, it was simply because of a miscalculation on the sharks part. Sharks actually have fairly poor eyesight (they rely on smell and electrical sense to find prey), so when they see a surfer out in the water, they actually usually mistake you for a big tasty turtle or seal. After they get a nibble of you and realize how boney you are, chances are they will become disinterested and swim away. Although this sounds scary, shark attacks actually cause an extremely insignificant amount of deaths per year. According to National Geographic, approximately 12 people died from shark attacks in 2011. People kill 11,417 sharks are killed per hour. Statistically you are more likely to die from being struck by lightning, being trampled by a cow, being attacked by your dog, or being hit in the head with a coconut than from a shark attack. To add to that, of the nearly four hundred species of sharks, only about ten of those species have ever caused harm toward humans. Unfortunately, hysteria fear and misunderstanding has created an excuse for people to ignore the fact that these animals are facing
Shark nets have been implemented in locations across the world in response to shark sightings and attacks. Nets are submerged beneath the surface of the water, roughly 200 metres from the shoreline. The meshing is designed to be large to capture sharks, leaving them to struggle before eventually drowning under the weight of their own body. The meshing allows small fish to pass through, however captures larger fish and marine species. Shark nets provide no discrimination between common, vulnerable and endangered species, resulting in a high mortality rate for a variety of marine wildlife.
WHAT IS SHARK CULLING Shark culling is killing large sharks that may be dangerous to swimmers on the beach. The Great white shark has been protected in Australian waters since 1998. So, what changed? Since August 2010, 15 people have been killed and 51 have been injured in 2012.
The Western Australia shark-cull plan has drawn the attention of many scientists. According to NATURE, a DESCRIPTION, the coast of Western Australia is a region “thought to be as part of the migration route for great whites” Alison Kock, a Shark-control researcher ,as well as, a marine biologist of the Shark Spotters programme, believes that although the many tactics will “undeniably reduce the risk of shark...
After being aware of the issues of the sharks and the ideas of the environmental ethics and philosophy, I would say yes to “Should We Save the Sharks?” We should save the sharks because they are going to become extinct by 30%. I also believe that people in Asia need to stop capturing and killing the sharks for fin soup. They need to realize that if they continue to kill the sharks, it can take the population of sharks to recover for decades.
Savagely cutting off a human’s arm is totally immoral, and yet fishermen continue to cut off sharks’ fins and leave them for dead. Shark finning is practiced by numerous countries, but only banned by a few. While it is well known that this barbarian and horrifying practice is severely endangering most shark populations there are only a few laws in a few places that regulate the shark fin trade. The reason shark finning continues to go on is due to the high market demand, weak legal constraints, and the ignorance to the fact that there are severe problems associated with it, both to human health and to the marine ecosystem.