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Time To Start Using Shark-Friendly Language, Environmentalist Says

Time To Start Using Shark-Friendly Language, Environmentalist Says

"Shark attacks," "shark-infested waters," shark "invasion," and shark "infiltration" should all be jettisoned as terms to describe huge increases in sharks off the coast of Cape Cod, a pro-shark environmentalist says. "Sharks are in desperate need of conservation and protection …" but instead have been subject to "decades of irrational fearmongering," writes Reginald Walden in a guest column in The Cape Cod Times.

"Shark attacks," "shark-infested waters," shark "invasion," and shark "infiltration" should all be jettisoned as terms to describe huge increases in sharks off the coast of Cape Cod, a pro-shark environmentalist says. "Sharks are in desperate need of conservation and protection …" but instead have been subject to "decades of irrational fearmongering," writes Reginald Walden in a guest column in The Cape Cod Times.…