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[Lawrence Chlebeck] So a few years back
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Envoy: Shark Cull

So a few years back, the Great Barrier Reef MarinePark Authority issued a permit for...

[Lawrence Chlebeck]
So a few years back, the Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority issued a permit for Queensland's
Agriculture and Fisheries to operate 173 lethal drumlines within the boundaries of the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

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[Lawrence Chlebeck] So a few years back,
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the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority issued a permit
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for Queensland's Agriculture and Fisheries
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to operate 173 lethal drumlines
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within the boundaries of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
52
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:53
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Off the beautiful beaches, among breathtaking coral reefs of Australia lurks a deadly and indiscriminate killer. It's thirst for blood kills 1000s each and every year. It's not sharks. It's the Government Shark Control Program.
So we had a look at that permit and we realized - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:18
So we had a look at that permit and we realized
We had a look at that permit, and we're trying to investigate - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:07
We had a look at that permit, and we're trying to inves...
So we called our good friends, the Environmental Defenders Office, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:08
So we called our good friends, the Environmental Defenders O...
And that's when we learned - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:07
And that's when we learned
The first of which is that removing apex predators - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:10
The first of which is that removing apex predators
And second of all, and probably most importantly, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:08
And second of all, and probably most importantly,
The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries' - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:10
The Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries'
We got a ten minute heads-up from our lawyers - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:05
We got a ten minute heads-up from our lawyers
And so it's ten minutes of stressful waiting, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:17
And so it's ten minutes of stressful waiting,
Sharks caught on drumlines will no longer be killed - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:10
Sharks caught on drumlines will no longer be killed
While the ruling is limited to the Great Barrier Reef for now, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:07
While the ruling is limited to the Great Barrier Reef for no...
[Lawrence] The tribunal found the evidence - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:18
[Lawrence] The tribunal found the evidence
They found evidence to those points to be, quote, "Overwhelming". - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:06
They found evidence to those points to be, quote, "Over...
And in any other circumstance, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:06
And in any other circumstance,
[Dr. Leonardo] The Queensland government's reaction, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:06
[Dr. Leonardo] The Queensland government's reaction,
There's an opportunity to move forward, and - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:06
There's an opportunity to move forward, and
We need to ensure that we're putting people before sharks. - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:04
We need to ensure that we're putting people before shar...
[man 1] The government agrees, announcing its plans to appeal. - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:05
[man 1] The government agrees, announcing its plans to appea...
The community expectations, uh, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:07
The community expectations, uh,
Since 1962, - Envoy: Shark Cull 00:05
Since 1962,