This year may be remembered as the summer of the shark hunt.
Following the third fatal shark attack in Western Australia in the past
two months, the state government authorised a shark hunt to address the
situation. This is the fifth reported hunt of the year, after shark
attacks in Russia, the Seychelles, Reunion Island and Mexico. In four of
the five cases, there were also multiple shark attacks and public
outcry for action.
The public's concern is reasonable. These are terribly tragic events,
where lives have been lost in a small area and over a short period of
time. The problem is not that the West Australian public should not be
concerned; it is that they are being offered a political solution to a
public safety problem.
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