I would have to say that it is actually your position that is not well reasoned. Bee and wasp stings kill far more people than sharks (something like 50 plus deaths in the US each year) so do you think we should go cull bees? For shark attacks to really be a problem that required human intervention and culling I think you would have to see many hundreds if not thousands of unprovoked shark attacks each year and hundreds of deaths. 5 deaths worldwide is not a problem that requires culling. I just don't see how you can rationalize that argument?
So what you are saying is there is no acceptable number of people that can be injured or killed by other animals without us intervening? According to the CDC there are over 4.7 million dog bites in the US each year. That is far more than sharks so by your reasoning we should cull dogs. Far more people die each year from hitting a deer with their car? Should we start culling deer to reduce the risk?
Your pit bull analogy is not a good one as pit bulls were bred to fight and have an aggressive nature. They must be well trained and well controlled and even then they occasionally go off. Nobody has bred sharks to attack humans. They usually do so accidentally when they mistake humans for their natural prey.
I just don't understand your position and you have provided no reasoning for it. Why do you suggest culling sharks? What facts or figures can you present to support such a a position?
I think it makes much more sense to ban tobacco products than waste time and money culling sharks. Tobacco kills millions. Sharks kill 5. Why don't the U.N form a multinational peace enforcement force to go into countries plagued by civil war and ethnic cleansing etc. to put an end to that? Far more people die due to war and famine then are killed by sharks.
Your position is not just unpopular it is illogical and unsupportable with any real facts or numbers.
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