Article 2KJ0V Call to classify shark culling and drum lines as threats to endangered species

Call to classify shark culling and drum lines as threats to endangered species

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Christopher Knaus
from Environment | The Guardian on (#2KJ0V)

Humane Society applies for lethal shark control programs to be listed as 'threatening' under conservation act

Environmentalists are attempting to list shark culling and the use of drum lines as threats to endangered species under federal law.

Humane Society International has applied for lethal shark control programs in in New South Wales and Queensland to be listed as "key threatening processes" under the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.

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