PRIZES EVER.
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WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH
DEVELOPING NEWS --
A CLOSE ENCOUNTER
WITH A SHARK ON CAPE
COD.
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TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
CHILLING PHOTO --
YOU CAN SEE TEETH
MARKS... IN THE
PADDLEBOARD...
IT WAS BITTEN BY A
SHARK -- IN ABOUT
WAIST-DEEP WATER!
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IT HAPPENED THIS
MORNING AT MARCONI
BEACH IN WELLFLEET ... A
POPULAR DESTINATION
FOR SUMMER TRAVELERS
...
AND IT'S THE SECOND
SCARE INVOLVING A
SHARK ON CAPE COD IN
THE LAST FEW DAYS.
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METEOROLOGIST T-J DEL
SANTO JOINS US NOW
WITH THE ...
DEVELOPING DETAILS.
(TJ)
SCARY SITUATION ON THE
CAPE TODAY.
FORTUNATELY NO ONE
WAS HURT, BUT THIS
MORNING'S INCIDENT
COMES JUST ONE DAY
AFTER A SHOCKING
INCIDENT AT ANOTHER
CAPE COD BEACH.
MARCONI BEACH WAS
REOPENED TO SWIMMING
TODAY AFTER BEING CLOSED
FOR A FEW HOURS AFTER A
SHARK ATTACKED THAT
PADDLEBOARD.
THE CAPE COD NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE POSTED THESE
PHOTOS ON TWITTER. YOU CAN
SEE THE BITE MARK FROM A
SHARK ON THIS PADDLEBOARD.
THEY SAY SAY THE PADDLER,
HOWEVER, WAS NOT INJURED.
THE BEACH WAS IMMEDIATELY
CLOSED. IT THEN REOPENED
SHORTLY AFTER 2PM.
IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT
WHAT KIND OF SHARK IT WAS.
CAPE COD NATIONAL
SEASHORE STAFF AND
SCIENTISTS WERE
INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
THIS COMES A DAY AFTER
ANOTHER SHARK WAS SIGHTED
IN CAPE COD WATERS ON
MONDAY.
SWIMMER AND SURFERS AT
NAUSET BEACH IN ORLEANS
WERE SENT SCRAMBLING TO
SHORE AFTER A SHARK
CHASED AND ATTACKED A SEAL.
SHARKS OF COURSE FEED ON
SEALS AND THE SEAL
POPULATION HAS GROWN ON
CAPE COD IN RECENT YEARS.
(TJ)
COMING UP AT 6....I SPOKE
TO A CAPE COD OFFICIAL
WHO WANTS TO GET THE
CONVERSATION STARTED
ABOUT HOW TO BETTER
PROTECT PEOPLE FROM
SHARKS. I'M T.J. DEL
SANTO, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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TONIGHT, SWIMMERS ARE
CAUTIOUSLY BEING
ALLOWED BACK IN THE
WATER, ON THE CAPE COD
NATIONAL SEASHORE --
FOLLOWING ANOTHER
CLOSE ENCOUNTER WITH
A GREAT WHITE SHARK.
AS WE TOLD YOU AT FIVE
--
THE SHARK BIT INTO A
PADDLEBOARD JUST OFF
THE BEACH THIS
MORNING.
FORTUNATELY, THE
PERSON ON THAT BOARD
WASN'T HURT.
BUT INCIDENTS LIKE THIS
-- HAVE SOME PEOPLE
CALLING FOR MORE TO BE
DONE -- TO PROTECT
SWIMMERS.
T-J DEL SANTO JOINS US
LIVE IN STUDIO WITH
THOSE
NEW DETAILS.
(TJ)
AFTER TWO SHOCKING
INCIDENTS WITH SHARKS
IN THE PAST TWO DAYS,
ONE CAPE COD
LAWMAKER WANTS TO
GET THE CONVERSATION
STARTED ABOUT HOW TO
BETTER PROTECT
HUMANS FROM SHARKS.
WHILE A 69 YEAR OLD MAN WAS
PADDLE BOARDING OFF
MARCONI BEACH IN WELLFLEET
THIS MORNING, HE FELT
SOMETHING HIT HIS BOARD.
IT WASN'T UNTIL HE GOT OUT
OF THE WATER THAT HE
REALIZED HE HAD A CLOSE
ENCOUNTER WITH A SHARK.
HE WASN'T HURT, BUT YOU CAN
SEE THE TEETH MARKS ON THE
PADDLEBOARD.
THIS A DAY AFTER A SEAL WAS
CHASED AND BITTEN ON
NAUSET BEACH, ALSO ON THE
CAPE.
OUR BEACHES ARE ONE OF
OUR BIGGEST DRAWS.
RON BEATY, A BARNSTABLE
COUNTY COMMISSIONER, SAID
HE WANTS TO START A
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT
CAN BE DONE TO HELP
PREVENT A SHARK ATTACK.
I THINK IT'S STARTING TO
REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS.
HE'S PROPOSED A
CONTROVERSIAL SHARK
HAZARD MITIGATION STRATEGY,
WHICH HE SAID HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN SOUTH AFRICA
AND AUSTRALIA...WHERE
DRUMS ARE ATTACHED TO
BUOYS WITH BAITED HOOKS
UNDER WATER...IN HOPES TO
CATCH SHARKS OFFSHORE.
IF THEY ARE STILL ALIVE THEY
ARE SHOT AND DISCARDED OUT
TO SEA.
BEATY SAID HE REALIZES THIS
SOUNDS EXTREME, BUT HE'S
OPEN TO OTHER IDEAS...HE
JUST WANTS THE
CONVERSATION STARTED....AND
HE SAID PART OF THE
CONVERSATION COULD
INCLUDE REDUCING THE SEAL
POPULATION.
LAST YEAR, EYEWITNESS NEWS
WENT ALONG WITH OCEARCH,
AN ORGANIZATION THAT TAGS
AND TRACKS SHARKS. THEY
WANT TO RESTORE THE GREAT
WHITE POPULATION TO HELP
BALANCE OUT THE FOOD
CHAIN, AND OF COURSE AMONG
THE SHARK'S PREY ARE SEALS.
So as the white shark recovers
it will
impact the behavior of the seal
and
it will help the seal numbers,
but
you're going to see seal numbers
rise all the way from here down
through the eastern seaboard
because their historic range is
much
much bigger than it is. It's
just now
recovering.
KEEP IN MIND, SHARK
ATTACKS ARE EXTREMELY
RARE.
BEATY SERVES ON THE
CAPE COD NATIONAL
SEASHORE ADVISORY
COMMISSION AND SAID HE
PLANS TO BRING UP HIS
CONTROVERSIAL
PROPOSAL AT THE NEXT
MEETING IN
SEPTMBER...AGAIN, TO
GET THE CONVERSATION
STARTED.
I'M T.J. DEL SANTO
EYEWITNESS NEWS.