Great Barrier Reef legal challenge aims to stop killing of sharks
by Ben Smee from on (#480ST)
Humane Society will argue shark control measures conflict with authority's responsibility to protect reef
Environmentalists will on Wednesday launch a legal challenge aiming to stop the legal killing of sharks, including several protected species, in the world-heritage listed Great Barrier Reef marine park.
The Queensland government runs a shark control program that uses drum lines - baited hooks to lure and kill sharks - near popular swimming spots along the state's coast.
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