The only comment I can make is a juxtaposition.

The sanctity of a single life drives us to destroy or hunt to extinction any wildlife that takes a human life, regardless of the animals intent or negligence on the part of the human victim.

Humans destroy more humans for no reason than wild creatures, who have no reasoning and work on instinct. It is appeasement rather than management that drives the thought behind culling sharks when they take a human life.

I go diving occasionally & sharks & crocodiles are my only concern. I speak with others who spend as much as 6 hours diving on a daily basis & they all say they have really no issues with sharks.
This is very similar to professional drivers who are not involved in road accidents..
Are such incidents really just unfortunate accidents or is there a kind of formula ?
Would culling sharks & crocodiles be akin to culling drunk drivers ?
Could a sharks have varying degrees of intelligence like humans? Is it possible that wild animals can have a nasty streak like some humans ?
Interesting indeed.

Butcher,

With the conservation laws, sharks are on the endangered list not humans.

If you're 1.6kms out at sea you run the risk
of shark attacks. Perhaps humans need to look
at their own behaviour instead of blaming
an animal in its own habitat for behaving
naturally. If you're not prepared to run
the risk of shark attacks - stick closer to the
shoreline.

'If you're 1.6kms out at sea you run the risk
of shark attacks. '

Lexi the guy eaten at Cottesloe was about 10 -20 metres from shore on Perths most popular beach.

Lexi, my understanding was that this latest attack happened just 200m from shore, it was 1.6km from a popular beach. That was my take on it.

Indi, divers are very different to surfers, that in they are on the surface.

No doubt, if you have dived yourself, you would have seen another swimmer/diver on the surface and they look nothing like one under the water.

It is this that I see as the basis of my theory of surfers being mistaken for seals and the like.

sonofgloin, I'm not sure about sharks, but crocks are getting out of hand and something has to be done to cull them. Not eradicate them, just some reduction, especially in the more popular areas.

I have fished in many areas, in some places the crocks are flighty, while in others they are bold.

The feeding of them and making them jump is the biggest worry.

There was a boom in crock meat sales, but like most game meats, the fad died.