Scientists Seek Approval to Kill Sharks
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HONOLULU - Federal scientists want permission to kill Galapagos sharks in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in an effort to save the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.
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Greater protection to great white sharks and other big fish are among successes to emerge from the world species summit.
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Authorities said Friday they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near a popular south Australian beach as his friends reportedly tried to save him by beating the animal with oars.
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An international decision that it's illegal to cut the fins off of a shark and then dump the carcass is a great first step, but more is needed to protect sharks, experts say.
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A federal agency recommended killing about 30 sea lions a year at a Columbia River dam where the marine animals feast on salmon migrating upriver to spawn
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Sydney - Australian police and wildlife officers were ordered on Friday to destroy a large shark which killed a teenage surfer in a savage attack as his horrified schoolfriends looked on.
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Electro-shock therapy is being tested as a way of saving some of the world's endangered corals.
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Authorities said they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near an Australian beach as his friends tried to save him by beating the fish with oars.
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Sharks killed four people and bit 58  others around the world in 2006, a comparatively dull year for  dangerous encounters between the two species, scientists said  in their annual shark attack census on Tuesday.
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Next time you slice up your favorite saltwater fish, consider donating its carcass to science. The Virginia Marine Resources Commission soon will begin collecting carcasses of several elusive species &#151; cobia, spadefish, sheepshead, red and black drum, tilefish and grouper &#151; from recreational fishermen to study the health of the fish populations.
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Adelaide - The father of an 18-year-old Australian who was ripped to pieces by a Great White shark countered demands on Friday that it be killed, saying the predators should be &quot;appreciated and respected&quot;.
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ADELAIDE, Australia : Two Great White sharks attacked and killed a teenage boy on a surfboard off a packed beach as his horrified friends looked on, in Australia&#39;s second fatal shark attack in five days.
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Bush administration proposes development-friendly policies that it says will protect fish. Environmentalists are outraged. By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Authorities investigating a fatal shark attack off Cairns in far-north Queensland say it is too early to say what species of shark was involved.
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A group of satellites captures evidence of what scientists believe is the killing of a rare sea turtle. But little can be done about it, they say. By Amit Asaravala.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has listed the great white shark among the 10 species of animals and trees it believes will most likely become extinct.