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Originally Posted by trilinearmipmap
Clearly besides the cruelty issue there are effects on many other species when you remove a predator/scavenger like sharks from the ecosystem. So finning or otherwise killing sharks which do not endanger humans cannot be justified.
I do feel that for those few species known to attack humans with any frequency (Tiger Sharks, Great Whites and Bull Sharks) we should mount an aggressive cull program. Of course this is not the popularly accepted view, I have never cared much for going along with the crowd. For me, if something kills people, we shouldn't tolerate it. There is only room for one apex predator on this planet and that is us.
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Oh boy. Sorry but do some research my friend as your position is just not a viable one given the actual statistics. In 2007 there were 71 unprovoked shark attacks in the entire world with only 1 fatality. The mean number of annual fatalities due to shark attacks is 5. Yes, 5; five; cinq; cinco; cinque. What's the population in the world right now? More than 6.7 billion. So sharks kill about 0.000000074% of the world's population each year. How many people die of car crashes? Somewhere around 1.2 million. Are we going to take all cars off the roads? How many people die of diseases due to cigarette smoke? Something like 6 million every year. Why do we still allow cigarettes to be sold?
Really, why don't you find some cause that is an actual problem instead of going around spouting this nonsense. Sorry if that sounds insulting but the idea of culling sharks because a very small number of people are hurt by them each year is ridiculous.