ApocaDocs: U.S. asked to list great white sharks as endangered

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Posted Mon Aug 13 2012: from Los Angeles Times:


	U.S. asked to list great white sharks as endangered http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1344874635 Environmental groups have petitioned the federal government to list the declining population of great white sharks off the coast of California as an endangered species. The northeastern Pacific Ocean population of great whites is genetically distinct and in danger of extinction, according to the petition. Researchers have estimated that there are about 340 individuals in the group that are mature or nearly so. "There could be fewer than 100 breeding females left," said Geoff Shester, the California program director of Oceana, an international group focused on protecting the world's oceans. "Numbers in this range are lower than most species currently listed as endangered."

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'Doc Jim says:

Dear last great white shark: We did everything we could to save you -- we even filed a petition!