Australia could cull sharks after teenage surfer's death

Sharks could be culled, a minister suggested
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Michael Howie19 April 2017

Australia will consider culling sharks following the death of a teenage surfer, the country’s environment minister said today.

Josh Frydenberg said all proposals that “put human life first” would be welcomed.

She spoke out after Laeticia Brouwer, 17, was fatally attacked by a shark on Monday while surfing in Western Australia. It was the third deadly attack in the state within 12 months.

Other possible measures flagged by the government include drum line traps, which use large baited hooks attached to a floating object, and shark exclusion nets.

However Western Australia’s fisheries minister said Dave Kelly told ABC Perth Radio today: “We’re not going down the path of a cull.

“Because there’s no evidence that it actually makes our beaches safer.”

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