Gallery
01 May 2009
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Dead loggerhead turtle and baby tiger shark caught in a net installed in a Marine Protected Area.
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Dead tiger shark on the net in an MPA.
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Nets work by immobilizing their victims, and thus, sharks end up strangling and suffocating.
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A brutal way to die.
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Two dead tiger sharks killed by shark nets in a Marine Protected Area.
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Sharks are incredibly value to local economies - and global ecosystems.
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100,000,000 sharks are killed a year. That's over 11,300 an hour.
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Natal Sharks Board
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This was the largest White Shark ever caught in the Natal Sharks Board Nets
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A harmless dead black tip on the dissection table.
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Attempting to villianize a harmless animal.
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Dead Blacktip Shark
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A macabre show is put on twice a day.
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Getting the audience involved.
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Showing off the internal organs.
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The public looks on in disgust.
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A lifeless pregnant ragged-tooth shark pulled onto the boat, with a remora still attached.
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Sharks Board removing a pregnant, dead ragged-tooth shark from the Aliwal Shoal MPA net.
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2310 dolphins like these have been killed in the nets.
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This whale shark escaped the nets. 26 did not.
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3,088 harmless blacktip sharks have been killed in the nets.
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14 "dangerous" tiger sharks just like this one were killed in two net installations during 4 months this year.
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Clearly sharks like this do not pose risks to bathers.
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Zambezi populations have plummeted since the nets have been installed.
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Over 26,000 harmless sharks like these have been caught in the nets during the last 30 years.
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Many people irrationally fear shark attacks, but the truth about sharks is quite different than what the media portrays.
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Tiger Sharks are protected in the Aliwal Shoal MPA. Yet, the Sharks Board is still permitted to kill them.
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that is just so sad that i almost cried and i really want thesse nets to go right away