Shark Attack

[JayAlfredPrufrock]

Nice to see that the shark that killed a swimmer in Egypt was caught and beaten to death on the beach.

<Slow handclap>

No, it's because your actions directly lead to this scenario.
People eat fish. Sharks have no food. Sharks eat people.
None of you seem very concerned about natural behaviour when you support am industry that hauls sharks natural food source out the ocean.

@PoeAFighterAResistanceFighter I think you have confused my posts. I'm not the one moralising..

Gators go in pools right?

I try to eat ethically where possible after reading a philospher's take.

Am i supposed to never have an opinion on unnecessary suffering because I eat meat? Can I kick puppies then? I eat meat so it's all the same.

None of you seem very concerned about natural behaviour when you support am industry that hauls sharks natural food source out the ocean.

Bingo!

I grew up in Florida where there were lots of things in all the bodies of water that could kill you- sharks/ gators/ water moccasins/ jelly fish etc.

I know, Boudicasbeard; I spend a lot of time there and often wonder why visitors think it's such a good idea to swim in the Gulf at sunset

It would still be very rare to actually be attacked, never mind killed, but all the same it seems unwise to increase the risks - though perhaps not as unwise as the lady who lost an arm clearing reeds in a known gator habitat

@Bananananananananana I don't think one person had said on the thread that the way the shark was killed was right. However some of us are more aware than others that we are just as much a part of the problem so therefore shouldn't be so quick to judge. You do you though

@LunaMay yep they do.

I agree with those who say that the sea is their territory. We don’t need to be in the sea swimming, surfing etc, we chose to do it and we know the risks. Sharks live in the sea and need to be there.

I do go in the sea (at my own risk) and if I was to get attacked by a shark I wouldn’t want it killed, I would want people to respect the fact it lives in the sea and I was in its territory.

Please tell me why a sharks life is worth less than a human?

And you have obviously never seen a gator attack in real life- otherwise you wouldn’t be so flippant. Imagine your life but every walk by a river or lake involved always being on the look out for being lunch. Gators feel no pity. As they showed when they took that four year old at Disney a few years ago.

Again I have friends in Florida, they take common sense precautions around lakes and beaches and accept that they don't live in a sanitised world where only humans matter. And again considering the prominent gun culture I'd be more concerned about that, looking at the Hollywood boardwalk incident the other week where innocent bystanders including a baby were injured and the Parkland shootings to name but two.

100%

My actions? I'm not sure how much my Quorn lasagne suffered for my dinner but I'll bear that in mind.
This is why I don't announce my diet most of the time, other vegetarians/vegans like to get on their high horse and assume. I was brought up vegetarian so have never actually eaten meat, probably mostly out of habit as not sure my gut would take to it now. Does that make me more worthy of an opinion on this than you?
Perhaps accept that people do what they can than jump down their throats for thinking this is wrong. Or would you rather they talked about how great it was the shark got what was coming to it?!

Am i supposed to never have an opinion on unnecessary suffering because I eat meat?

I think most of us have more sympathy for the unnecessary suffering of the man & his family who saw it as opposed to the shark. 🤷🏻‍♀️

“Interesting fact: a shark will only attack you if you’re wet”

~ Sean Lock (RIP)

Well then. I don't think it's right, nor do you. That's fine then.

ago.
I know of Bethany, there was a film called soul surfer about her attack and recovery. I'm not sure she's a passionate advocate for shark welfare but she respects them and doesn't blame them despite her injuries. I was always really into sharks growing up, I've read a few accounts that are similar to hers, not about advocating for welfare of sharks but definitely not blaming them.*

I've already linked to it but I'll do so again.

www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2019/04/17/shark-attack-survivors-emerge-as-unlikely-allies-in-conservation-efforts

The group is literally called Shark Attack Survivors For Shark Conservation.

Gators go in pools right?

I'm afraid so, LunaMay:

https://www.google.com/search?q=gator+in+swimming+pool&oq=gator+in+swimming+pool&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIKCAkQABgKGBYYHtIBCDY0MDJqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:45cd2f8f,vid:LPnevfi1OMI

Once again, humans and their entitlement.

#Teamjaws because I wouldn't go frolicking in their home and expect them to be welcoming.

There's not a finite amount of compassion in the world. It's clearly a horrific video, as is the shark one.

Same, although it was the hoarde of shouting loud, aggressive men all braying around the shark thats put me off more tbh as I'd never go in the sea

“It’s not much different from putting down a dangerous dog.”

It wasn’t “put down”, though. As much as I feel for the victim and the family he’s left behind, the cruelty the shark attack resulted in was unnecessary and barbaric.

(I hoped this was a humorous thread about vacuum cleaners)

That's what I was expecting, too, @Thesharkradar

I’m a vegan, so presumably I’m allowed to comment?

I think this case draws particular revulsion because the shark wasn’t killed for its meat, but as some sort of revenge punishment. (If it were just about human safety, it could have been humanely dispatched, not tortured to death on a beach).

I don't normally feel the need to announce either. But the absolute hypocrisy here is galling. It feels a bit racist to point fingers for killing a shark in the exact same way pretty much fish are killed.

I don't care that you eat Quorn. The majority of the moralising twits on this thread don't. That's kinda the point.

I'd rather see a thread where people showed respect to the human and talked about how they could contribute to less destructive habits that lead to this, but I know that's fantasy land.