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

Surfer undergoes surgery after shark attack near Old Bar, NSW 2014-10-30 A junior professional surfer has undergone surgery after being bitten on the foot by a shark at Old Bar east of Taree. Ryan Hunt, 20, suffered a deep wound to the top of his left foot in the attack on Wednesday evening. He is ...

Woman in outrigger canoe attacked by shark off California coast By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:53pm EDT (Reuters) - A woman who was attacked by a 6-foot (1.8-meter) shark in her outrigger canoe off the California coast over the weekend managed to escape unharmed and paddle safely ba...

Teen sustains minor injuries when bitten by shark – Avoca Friday, 17 October 2014 08:15:05 AM A girl sustained minor injuries after she was reportedly bitten by a 1m shark at Avoca Beach this morning. Police from Brisbane Water Local Area Command have been told the girl was surfing about 6.30am (Fr...

13-Year-Old Junior Surfer Mauled By Shark Off Australian Coast 10/17/2014 Kirra-Belle Olsson was attacked by a shark while surfing off the Australian coast on Friday morning, The Associated Press reports. Olsson told the Australian Broadcasting Group she originally thought the shark was just a surf...

Shark bites woman on hand off Florida beach Published October 13, 2014 Associated Press MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. – A shark bit a woman on the hand as she swam in the Atlantic Ocean off Melbourne Beach. The woman told paramedics on Sunday afternoon that the shark was two to three feet long. Brevard Cou...

Shark attack: Two men survive after inflatable boat targeted off Dunsborough in Western Australia By David Weber 2014-10-11 Two men have survived a shark attack off Dunsborough on the south-west coast of Western Australia. The pair were in an inflatable boat near Castle Rock when a shark targeted i...

Media Release New Zealand Police Saturday, 8 February 2014 ———————————– Porpoise Bay shark attack MEDIA RELEASE (As at 2245hrs, 7/2/14) At approximately 8.20pm on Friday, 7 February a surfer off Porpoise Bay Beach near Curio Bay was bitten by a shark. The surfer, a 28 year old man was on his board a...

German tourist dies days after losing arm in Hawaii shark attack CBS/AP/ August 21, 2013, 7:12 PM A German woman who lost her arm in a Maui shark attack has died. According to a statement from her family released by Maui Memorial Medical Center, 20-year-old Jana Lutteropp died Wednesday. Lutteropp'...

Attack Victim: ‘I Never Saw the Shark’ Posted on June 19th, 2013 by Dave Smith Contrary to early reports from police, the man bit by a shark in Kona said he never saw his assailant. James Kerrigan, 28, was swimming with his fiancé in about 12 feet of water 100 yards offshore of Mahaiula Beach when ...

Shark bites teen at Melbourne Beach By Tim Millard, Senior Producer Last Updated: Saturday, May 04, 2013, 9:04 PM MELBOURNE BEACH --  Most people would likely not consider a shark bite "pretty cool," but Michael Adler has a positive spin on his run-in with a small shark. The 16-year-old w...

A shark bites back, fisherman injured By Craig Hoggett, The Coffs Coast Advocate, 04. May 2013 A WOBBEGONG shark got a slice of revenge on fisherman Ted Collins at Emerald Beach this week. Mr Collins was fishing for mulloway off the beach on Sunday evening when something big took his line. The 78-y...

Shark victim named By Anna Leask AnnaLeask , Kieran Campbell KieranCampbell , Andrew Koubaridis A_Koubaridis NZ Herald Wednesday Feb 27, 2013 The victim of a fatal shark attack in Muriwai this afternoon was an award-winning television and short film director. Local father-of-one Adam Strange, 46, h...

Reunion Island: The death of a surfer revives the controversy over sharks Helmut Nickel, Shark Year Magazine. 24. July 2012 http://sharkyear.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/alexandre-rassiga-reunion-2012.png The following provides an update and more information on the previous article "Shark ki...

12-year-old recovering from possible shark bite in North Carolina Published by WNCT Staff, July 26, 2012 WILMINGTON, N.C. – A 12-year-old boy is recovering from a possible shark bite this morning. He was bitten by something at Ocean Isle Beach Tuesday. A 9-1-1 call was placed by the boy’s aunt. Vic...

Shark kills surfer off France’s Reunion island Reporting by Bernard Grollier, Reuters. SAINT-DENIS EN REUNION, France | Mon Jul 23, 2012 (Reuters) – A shark mauled a surfer to death on Monday in an attack off the coast of France’s Indian Ocean island of Reunion, emergency services said. The 21-year...