HONOLULU (AP) - A prominent Hawaii shark expert is being sentenced for possessing child pornography. Randy Honebrink is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Honolulu. Honebrink was an educational coordinator for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources who was often interviewed by...source: hawaiinewsnow.com
The 13-week trial involved the setting up of baited hooks, attached to drumlines, 1km out from more than 70 beaches in the Perth and southwest WA area. Photograph: Sea Shepherd/AFP/Getty Images Western Australia’s strategy of catching and killing sharks via baited hooks...source: theguardian.com
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A California man who rescued a woman from a shark attack in Hawaii is being honored for his heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission. Fifty-seven-year-old Richard Irvin Moore of Laguna Niguel, California, rescued a woman from a shark attack in...source: hawaiinewsnow.com
Nearly a month since the first shark was killed in Western Australia's controversial cull , and with the recent release of attack statistics , the decision still appears to be drastic. Global opposition from scientists, conservationists and even shark attack victims shows there is little justification for...source: theguardian.com