Another weak initiative by the prefect, who thinks he can solve the problem of sharks by authorizing hunting and capture
http://www.midilibre.fr/2013/07/16/la-reunion-ultime-recours-la-prefecture-autorise-la-chasse-au-requin,734962.php
Reunion: last resort, the prefecture authorizes shark hunting
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Stupid, unnecessary and damaging measure for the entire population ...
It does not occur to the people of Réunion that sharks are at home in the water and that it is rather humans who disturb them. We should surely look for what prompted sharks to change instead of eliminating them. Thank you Mr. Prefect for having bowed under popular pressure!
And when is the hunt for idiots!
Will the shark have the right to a fair trial or under the pretext of loosening the room, he is guilty in advance and will be lunched and exposed to the pillory in a public place?
Will we be sure to have killed THE shark that has tasted the human flesh and which only thinks of hiding the human?
Fortunately, the Asians “catch” 80 million of them every year, otherwise we will have to kill even more.
And who will take care of the carrion when there are no more garbage collectors in the sea?
But how do Australians and South Africans live tourism with the big white on their doorstep?
And what about the Tunisians and Maltese who live under the same threat? Ah, no one is aware that there is a subspecies of great white in the Mediterranean. We are hiding information, we are not told everything !!!
Sharks are in their natural element. It is we who are at fault who are entering their backyard. We must assume the consequences.
Yes Reunion Island is a Shark Island and fortunately it is not the only one.
At this pace, it will soon be just a surfers island… ..
And yes, Mr. Prefect, very difficult not to give in to popular pressure…. Especially when his previous municipal decree was invalidated by the Administrative Court… we have to find something else.
But damn it when will we try to understand before we act !!!
Find the various posts from LONGITUDE 181 Nature on Reunion Sharks and in particular the IRD report.