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Shark tourism can change your mind about these much-maligned predators

  • Written by Michele Barnes, Environmental Social Science Research Fellow, James Cook University
Shark tourism can change your mind about these much-maligned predatorsGetting up close and personal can make you like sharks more, even if you already like them.Juan Oliphant, Author provided

Shark ecotourism can change people’s attitudes about sharks and make them more likely to support conservation projects – even after allowing for the fact that ecotourists are more likely to be environmentally minded...