Sonja Fordham, the president and founder of Shark Advocates International in Washington, D.C., said she shares Shiffman’s concerns about the focus on sharks as ruthless people-eating machines. “Obviously the threat that they pose to people is exaggerated,” Fordham told Fusion. Full Story.
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