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Shark tour leader was warned of danger, diver says

Submitted by bill on February 26, 2008 – 6:37 pmNo Comment

An Austrian diver was attacked by a shark while participating in a cage-less shark dive in the Bahamas. It’s tragic, but now questions are being raised on the safety of a cage-less shark diving in the area.

From CNN:

The leader of a shark tour whose customer was mauled to death Saturday was warned that his practice of allowing people to swim close to hungry sharks could lead to tragedy, a colleague said.

I’m not sure I would be in the water, without a shark cage, while they were feeding sharks for these types of dives. However, that’s doesn’t mean that it’s something that should be banned, it simply is getting lots of attention because it’s a shark killing a human.

Wetpixel has the in-depth of the incident.

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