Below are excerpts from my one hour interview with Dr. Christopher Neff  as well as the interview in its entirety.

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Killing sharks is good politics

In this segment Dr. Neff introduces his own history of studying shark mitigation, predicts the 2014 WA cull, and explains that killing sharks is a political platform for election much more than an issue of actually protecting people.

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The Theory of the Rogue Shark

Do "rogue sharks" exist?  Rogue sharks, are sharks that have supposedly developed a taste for humans and intentionally target us.

It just so happens that I met and interviewed someone in South Africa who witnessed one of the rare occurrences of a white shark consuming a human.  That particular area, Fish Hoek, has had two apparent consumptions.  Does this mean there's a rogue shark in those waters?

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What's wrong with saying "shark attack?"

Lumping everything that is shark related, even just a sighting, under the category of an attack doesn't help a shark's reputation.  But it also undermines our ability to assess risk and better protect ourselves.

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Full Interview

If you'd like to watch the uncut, one hour interview, here it is.  

​One of my biggest regrets was the focus malfunction in this interview.  You'll just have to forgive me and focus on his words, not my mistake.