A growing number of swimmers and councils have objected to the nets,but politicians have so far proved reluctant to end the program.
Forget Free Willy,this is Silence of the Lambs. Shark experts are trying to figure out how and why these orcas are dispatching one of the ocean’s fiercest predators.
A swimmer has been rescued from the water off Port Beach in Perth’s south after being bitten by a shark which circled him as he scrambled onto a stranger’s boat.
The family of Melbourne man Steven Payne — the surfer killed by a shark at a beach near Esperance — have paid tribute to the “gentle giant”,describing him as a “smart,kind,funny and laid-back” man who cherished his loved ones.
Grave fears are held for a surfer attacked by a large shark in chest-deep water off a WA beach as the community is left reeling from the fourth suspected fatal mauling since 2017.
Since 2000,20 people have been killed in shark attacks off the WA coast.
Beaches have been closed across Bate Bay after a woman was bitten by a shark at Bundeena and suffered a serious leg injury.
Worldwide,47 people were bitten last year in unprovoked incidents,seven of them fatally.
Twenty-four hours after local lifesaver Charlize Zmuda was fatally attacked by a shark at a popular Bribie Island beach,more than a thousand locals gathered at a vigil for the teen.
The ocean giants are commonly seen at Ningaloo Reef in WA. Astonishingly,one turned up on the NSW coast.