Article 78FK0 Shark catch-and-kill order issued after swimmer dies off popular Perth beach

Shark catch-and-kill order issued after swimmer dies off popular Perth beach

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Achol Arok and Kat Wong
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Man, 63, fatally bitten by shark at Sorrento beach on Friday morning

A shark that fatally attacked a man on a beach in Perth's north will be destroyed" if it is captured, after an order was issued by the Western Australian government.

As the hunt for the animal remained under way on Saturday, the WA fisheries minister, Jackie Jarvis, revealed she had greenlit the order.

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