An estimated 6,000 people gathered at Perth's Cottesloe Beach today amid nationwide protests against Western Australia's catch-and-kill shark policy. The protests came after the second shark killed under the policy was pulled from a baited drum line off Leighton Beach this morning. The shark - believed to be a 2 metre tiger shark - was dumped further offshore. The protest action kicked off at 4:30am (AWST) when a 19-year-old woman locked herself to one of the two fisheries vessels being used to set and monitor baited hooks off the Perth coast. Elsewhere, nearly 2,000 people gathered at Manly Beach in Sydney, while protestors also gathered at Glenelg in Adelaide and beaches in Victoria and Queensland. More » |