Too close for comfort By PATRICK ALEXANDER, The News Guard, 13. January 2012 A Lincoln City man is counting himself lucky after an apparent shark attack left him in need of a new surfboard but otherwise unharmed. “I just bought this thing,” Steve Harnack said. “Paid $500 for it. It was my first day
East Cape surfer killed by shark Johannesburg - A 25-year-old man was killed by a shark at Port St Johns Second beach on Sunday, the Eastern Cape health department said.
Surfer attacked by shark on NSW beach Published by the Herald Sun, 3rd January 2012 A SURFER has been attacked by a shark on the NSW Central Coast. The shark bit the 28-year-old man while he was surfing at around 8pm (AEDT) on Tuesday at North Avoca Beach, NSW Ambulance said in a statement.
Hugo escapes shark attack Published on goldcoast.com.au , 3rd January 2011 REPORTS a mysterious waterman survived an encounter with a large shark off Duranbah Beach yesterday have spread like wildfire through the Coast’s surfing community. Known to the local surf community as ‘Hugo’, the man was spear fishing near the rock wall on the
Shark nets to be placed around beaches in Russia’s Primorsky territory Published by Itar-Tass, 07:05 02/01/2012 VLADIVOSTOK, January 2 (Itar-Tass) — Special nets and fences will be placed around beaches in Russia’s Far Eastern Primorsky territory to reduce shark attacks on swimmers, the local administration said. The local authorities have been tasked to determine
JUPITER — A man was taken to the hospital after being bitten by a shark this evening, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue said. The man was brought in by boat to the Seasport Marina and transported by ambulance to St. Mary’s Medical Center, said Capt. Albert Borroto, spokesman for Fire Rescue. Paramedics responded to the
An outrigger canoe club coach may have escaped a shark attack unscathed, but he also got a clear message from the guy in the gray suit: “Run me over and I’ll bite your tail.”
Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine, 27. December 2011, (update 28.December) According to ‘El Universo’, a surfer was bitten by an ‘unknown marine animal’ in the province of Santa Elena, Ecuador. The incident occurred at the beach of Punta Barandúa on saturday afternoon (Dec.24). The victim, identified as Félix Junior Lainez Trejos (aged 23), suffered injuries
Shark Attack at Taylors Lake at Broken Head New South Wales Australia The "large animal" - either a bull shark or a bronze whale
Price Reacts to Possible Shark Attack By D. Francis, Caribarena Antigua, 26. December 2011 Antigua St John’s – Communications Officer and past president of the Antigua and Barbuda Fishermen’s Corporation Gerald Price said news of a shark attack during an early morning swim at Fort James beach is unusual in Antigua. Veron Edwards senior
Will Futato nipped by a shark while surfing in New Smyrna Beach about 12:30 p.m. Friday near the Beachway Avenue approach, said Volusia County Beach Patrol
IN an extraordinary incident off Noordhoek in Port Elizabeth yesterday, an angler and the kayak were knocked clear out of the water by a marauding great white shark.
14-year-old Ronald Mason received injuries to his left leg after being attacked by a shark while surfing off Maroubra beach, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. He also received injuries to his right foot during his attempts to force the shark to let go.
Shark attack at Angourie on Steven King New South Wales, Australia
Man survives shark attack By Regan Thaw, Eyewitness News, 07. December 2011 A Cape Town man had a close encounter with a shark in KwaZulu-Natal. Richard Kohler was attempting to paddle the entire distance of South Africa’s coastline for charity. Earlier on Wednesday his surf ski was damaged by a shark. Kohler told Eyewitness