Jul 23, 2018
Stat: At least 63 million sharks are taken from
the ocean every year.
Story: And that’s the low estimate; others range
as high was 273 million. That worldwide catch—for shark fins and
increasingly for their meat—is threatening some species with
extinction. In this episode, host Dan LeDuc talks with two unlikely
advocates for protecting sharks: South African Paralympian Achmat
Hassiem and Pew’s Debbie Salamone. Both have been bitten by sharks
but have turned their experiences into something positive: becoming
shark attack survivors supporting shark conservation.