{"id":18995,"date":"2026-06-21T16:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18995"},"modified":"2026-06-21T16:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:08:47","slug":"the-dangerous-creatures-that-no-one-demands-to-be-culled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/the-dangerous-creatures-that-no-one-demands-to-be-culled\/","title":{"rendered":"THE DANGEROUS CREATURES THAT NO ONE DEMANDS TO BE CULLED"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18995\" class=\"elementor elementor-18995\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>I drew this cartoon in response to calls for sharks to be culled after a spate of fatal shark attacks in australia in recent weeks. As a young man I was a keen scuba diver, people would often ask me whether I was afraid of shark attack, my response was to say that I was far more likely to die in a car accident on the way to the beach than from shark attack at the beach. Well over a thousand people die each year from car accidents wheres just a handful are killed by sharks.\u00a0 The rise in shark attacks is complex and still not fully understood, but one thing is certain is that it is not due to increased numbers of sharks as shark numbers worldwide have dropped dramically in the last thirty years due to overfishing. To me calls for shark culling (which is already going on in the form of shark nets near popular beach spots) is a simplistic kneejerk response to what is a complex issue.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CARTOON REFERENCE NUMBER:\u00a0 2026-24<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I drew this cartoon in response to calls for sharks to be culled after a spate of fatal shark attacks in australia in recent weeks. 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