Shark Attacks and Shark Attack Related Incidents News Articles on Shark Bites

---------------------- Relative saves teenage girl from circling shark off Tasmania's north east By Michelle Draper January 11, 2009 08:10pm THE older cousin of a teenage girl attacked by a shark in Tasmania paddled to the 13-year-old's aid and brought her safely to shore as it continued to circle. ...

--------------------------- Date: January 11, 2009 Location: Tasmania, Australia Girl (13) was surfing at Binalong Bay when she was bitten on her right leg. The incident occurred at about 15.45 hrs. ( 3.45 pm). - Shark species presumably involved in incident : Great White Shark (Carcharodon carchari...

-------------------------- A 31-year-old Brisbane man is in the Gold Coast Hospital after being attacked by a shark off Fingal Beach in northern New South Wales. The surfer was attacked while he sat on his board waiting for a break about 100 metres south of Fingal Headland. A CareFlight spokesman sa...

----------------------- Mako shark gets something to chew on 4:00AM Saturday Jan 10, 2009 http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/mako2.jpg The outboard motor came off worst, but the four friends on board the boat say they won't be dangling their legs in the cool seawater again. The four ha...

--------------------------------------- Shark snaps 10-year-old TIM CONNELL 31/12/2008 10:25:00 AM http://forster.yourguide.com.au/multimedia/images/large/424699.jpg YOU’RE a 10-year-old kid and it’s summer. A wave arches from the frothing sea, and spurts you forward on a boogie board. But the surge...

--------------------- Shark sightings in fatal attack area By Warwick Stanley December 27, 2008 09:13pm SEARCHERS reported at least two shark sightings in an area where a missing West Australian man is believed to have been attacked. The crew of a sea volunteer rescue boat and a helicopter rescue te...

------------------------------- Shark attack victim still not found December 27, 2008 # Father missing after reported shark attack # Son swam to shore and raised the alarm THE search for a man feared taken by a shark off a West Australian beach has so far failed to find him. Brian Guest, 51, was sno...

-------------------------- Se registra el primer ataque de tiburón en Cancún Hallan el cadáver de un bañista sin brazos, parte de los pies y el rostro; es el primer ataque de un tiburón a un bañista en Quintana Roo CANCÚN, México, abr. 21, 2008.- El cadáver de un bañista, de 32 años de edad, fue hal...

--------------------------- Date: April 18 , 2008 Location: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico Victim: Joram Galleros Villanueva (32) Injuries: Fatal. Both arms and part of legs bitten off, tissue loss in head/face. Circumstances: Declared cause of death: Drowning after saltwater submersion. Probably post...

------------------------ Fisherman attacked by shark 4:00AM Sunday Dec 21, 2008 Anna Rushworth A fisherman faced a terrifying 10-minute walk back to shore after being savaged by a shark while setting his net. Ken Lindberg spent five days in hospital after suffering serious injuries while fishing wit...

-------------- Reported on December 19, 2008. The incident occurred 900 miles offshore. The boat of the transatlantic yachtsmen Tony Leighton (58) and Mike Foreman (63) was attacked by a "hammerhead shark" ( approx. 9 ft = ca. 2,7 m ). The shark was trying to bite the rudder blade. The inc...

----------------- Bay teen‘s shark terror Guy Rogers and Neil Oelofse HERALD REPORTERS 12/12/2008 A YOUNG Port Elizabeth angler told yesterday how he was savaged by a two-metre shark as he and friends wrestled with it in the shallows while trying to land it. Grey High School pupil Luke Parker, 15, w...

Provoked Incident at Plettenberg Bay, South Africa: 15 year old angler was bitten by an approx. 2 meter Sandtiger shark (Carcharias taurus) while trying to release it. Victim suffered injuries to his left leg/knee (required 45 stitches). ----------------- 45 stitches after shark attack 12/12/2008 09...