Tagged shark stats posted to Twitter to alert beachgoers

Adam Khor

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5439/20131226/gps-tagged-sharks-post-location-twitter-alerting-beachgoers.htm

I kinda fear for the sharks. Now everyone will know where they're going, and anyone who wants to catch a big shark of a certain species will know where to find it... kinda like that cologne being used to attract big cats. What do you guys think? Are these new tagging and luring techniques harming wildlife rather than helping?

the_syco

The tweets are sent when one of more than 320 tagged sharks is identified by a monitoring system that sends an alert to Surf Life Saving Western Australia computers when the shark swims within about a kilometer of a beach, according to Australia's Sky News.

I fear "Shark teeth medicine" will lead to;

The tweets are sent when one of more than 3 tagged sharks is identified by a monitoring system that sends an alert to Surf Life Saving Western Australia computers when the shark swims within about a kilometer of a beach, according to Australia's Sky News.