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Young Lifeguard Vanishes in Shark Attack

Monday, December 21, 2009 By Matt Hooper View Comments
Bull Shark Kills Young Lifeguard

A young lifeguard disappeared in a "pool of blood" in the fourth shark attack at a South African beach in two years. Witnesses said the 22-year-old waved his hands frantically in the air before being dragged under by a shark after paddling on a surf board off the coast of Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape.John Costello at the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI ) said the board later washed up on the shore but there were no signs of the unnamed lifeguard. He said: "The witness said before he … [Read more...]

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Shark Versus Seal in Deadly Game

Friday, November 28, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
A Great White Shark breaching

At the Southern tip of Africa a deadly game of cat and mouse is played out over and over again in the salty waters off the fabled Cape of Storms.By Cheryl-Samantha OwenEach Southern hemisphere winter, between May and September, the infamous great white shark makes its presence felt through spectacular airborne breaches out of the inky depths around Seal Island in False Bay off South Africa's Western Cape.It is well known that at Seal Island the great white sharks patrol the breeding colonies … [Read more...]

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Surfers Launch Campaign To Save Sharks

Sunday, November 9, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments

We definitely perceive some irony here, and sorry, Steve Pike, but we don't believe it's based on misinformed views; sharks attack surfers. That is a fact. Their motives are the constant source of debate.Surfer's Village Global Surf NewsSouth African surfers have teamed up with marine scientists to launch a campaign for the conservation of sharks. The Wavescapes Surf Film Festival and Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) will educate audiences about the global plight of sharks, which are being … [Read more...]

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The Great White Shark Festival

Friday, October 24, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments
The official logo of The Great White Shark Festival

SOUTH AFRICA"Of all the species on the planet, the Great White Shark has undoubtedly achieved a level of evolutionary perfection. it has remained unchanged for 300 million years.In recent decades, sharks have become a persecuted and threatened species, and man has endangered this magnificent creature's existence. Today, through conservation and education, this misaligned image is changing.The Festival of the Great White Shark is a celebration of this change and will create the opportunity … [Read more...]

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South Africa To Protect Great White Shark

Saturday, September 20, 2008 By Martin Brody View Comments

This press release, published by SABC News, is riddled with eccentricity: not much mention of what actual conservation is happening, and team leader Kock working in Kalk Bay. The Fear Beneath has published it anyway in case it might interest our readers.South Africa is the first country to give protection to one of the ocean's ferocious predators, the great white shark. The country is also leading a conservation research to ensure its survival.The Save our Seas Shark Center in Kalk Bay is … [Read more...]

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