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Are Humans Shark Preys? Assignment) Are Humans Shark Preys? The word ‘ shark’ would intimi several people as they are familiar with the notorious characteristics of this species depicted in Hollywood movies. However, the emerging trend of wildlife tourism has promoted the significance of sharks especially in Western world. Although Sharks are found great advantageous to mankind, unfortunately their features such as skin, meat, fins, and the oil found in liver have become the key reasons for their hunt. Sharks are also being killed during normal fishing processes other than direct human encounters. They are caught either by the nets specifically designed for their hunt or sometimes harmed by the nets used for normal fishing. “ More than 58000 blue sharks were killed accidently when 32 fishing boats embarked on an excursion to capture squid in Japan in the late 1980’s” (Killing of sharks, n. d.). The very valuable shark fin soup is generated by extracting the fins of sharks when alive; and they are left to gradual death by dumping into water. The increasing demand for shark fin soup has led to the mounting level of shark hunt in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. According to WildAid director Peter Knights, fishermen in all countries experience the decline of sharks in number and in size (Shark fin soup). Human-shark encounter has become one of the important subjects for several movies across the world. Unfortunately many of these films have depicted humans as shark preys. For instance, the Hollywood movie the “ Deep Blue Sea” is a fulltime thriller based on shark human encounter. Obviously, the films of such sorts have a negative impact on the human approach to sharks. Some of the books like “ Shocking shark stories” which describe human encounters with sharks have well influence on intimidating people that eventually compel them to hate this species. Some of the movies and other media have even been successful in creating myth of sharks being man consumers. This misconception also has intensified the shark hunt. As Dobson (p. 51) state, the term ‘ shark attack’ is an ‘ anthropocentric interpretation’; and many apparent attacks are mere ‘ mistaken identity’ as sharks normally test bite objects to verify if they are edible. According to the authors, this characteristic has been exaggerated as sharks’ unkind behavioral trait. Scientists believe that Sharks lived during the time of dinosaurs and have survived to the present time. Although researchers are deeply at odds, sharks have been found in 416 species so far. In short, the alarming rate of hunt has taken sharks to the verge of extinction. Governmental initiatives with regard to the preservation of these species are inadequate so far. Although several environmental concerns have been active across the globe, collaborative effort is lacking to address this issue with enough importance. In the same way, all experimental studies on sharks have to be well regulated so that any deliberate or inadvertent human encounter can be averted. People who are genuinely concerned about the survival of this species should boycott all shark products to ensure their conservation. References Dobson, J. (2008). ‘ Shark! A new frontier in tourist demand for marine wildlife’. In [Marine wildlife and tourism management: Insights from the natural and social sciences]. J. E. S. Higham, & M. Luck. (Eds)UK: CABI. Killing of Sharks. (n. d.). Sharks. Retrieved 6 Feb 2011 from http://www. sharks. org. za/killing-of-sharks. html Shark fin soup. (Feb 12 2007). Thailand Life. Retrieved 6 Feb 2011 from http://www. thailandlife. com/all-about-thailand/shark-fin-soup. html

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