Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6499227)

You're applying human morals to a species that isn't human. The shark didn't look at this man and kill him because it wanted to rob him or because it had a perverse desire to murder or because it was a hostage situation gone wrong. It attacked him because it's a hunting animal. The man would not have been in that situation if he had chosen not to go surfing. This man put himself into danger, so as sad as it is that he has died, I think it's wrong to go on a witch hunt to try and kill a shark that for all we know will never attack a human again because now it knows that it doesn't enjoy the taste of human flesh. It probably thought he was a seal, going by that old adage that surfers look like seals from below because of the shape of surfing boards and arms dangling down if they're paddling through the water. The shark probably just attacked the guy's arm and realised he wasn't a seal and left him alone; the guy unfortunately then bleeding out and dying.

Originally Posted by Jesus. (Post 6499104)

I'm against the death penalty in all situations. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, so I definitely don't feel any primitive desire for revenge over an animal that has evolved over hundreds of millions of years to kill things in a particular way, in a particular environment.

Originally Posted by thesheriff443 (Post 6499340)

let them murder your family and get a good telling off, some people dont deserve life!.
i dont care how long sharks have been around, we hunt and kill are competetors even if its human.

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6499231)

I also think it's incredibly arrogant to say that the life of a shark isn't worth as much as the life of a human. I'm no animal activist but I don't consider myself more worthy of the right to live than another species...

Originally Posted by Salman! (Post 6499549)

Humans are more important 100%, I have no time for people that would save a dog as opposed to a random stranger. But obviously an animal's life is still valuable

Originally Posted by Salman! (Post 6499348)

If that was my family member killed by a shark ngl I'd want it dead sorry

Originally Posted by Zee (Post 6499560)

I get what you mean, but I just don't think it's justifiable to kill a shark (how are they even supposed to know they've found the right shark) because it killed a human - it doesn't have a moral compass, food is food.

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 6499615)

What about killing it to ensure the safety of other humans? They now know there is a deadly shark in waters popular with surfers

Originally Posted by Jesus. (Post 6499623)

The shark didn't want to eat that guy though, because he didn't eat him. He had an exploratory bite and left him alone when he realised he wasn't his food source.