Great white shark is seen as a victim
The Telegraph.co.uk / 13/10/2004
The great white shark, traditionally seen as an avid consumer of human flesh, is to be protected from the people it terrifies, an international wildlife conference decided yesterday....
Presenting the proposal to protect the great white, Ian Cresswell, of the Australian delegation at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species meeting in Bangkok, said the fearsome fish had been the victim of bad publicity....
Japan, the world's biggest consumer of fish, opposed the proposal but the resolution was passed by 87 votes to 34..
