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Shark-bite fame, or bust
Spectrum, Dumrongkiat Mala and Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 29/04/2018
» Sai Noi Beach in southern Hua Hin is usually packed with tourists in the summer due to its powdery white sands and pristine blue waters, but over the past two weeks this normally bustling beach has been almost deserted. Beachgoers started avoiding the place after a foreign tourist was recently attacked by a bull shark.
An unloved conservation cause
Spectrum, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/04/2018
» The threat posed to the world's declining shark population is underlined by the startling figure that 73 million sharks are killed each year for fin shark soup, according to the US-based international agency against then illegal wildlife trade, WildAid.