Great White Sharks more at risk than Tigers

According to an article in the Guardian, the great white shark is closer to extinction than tigers. This recent estimate is consistent with older research from Dalhousie University, which found decreases in the shark population of approximately 97% off the east coast of the US.

“The estimated total population of great white sharks in the world’s oceans is actually less than the number of tigers,” said Ronald O’Dor, a senior scientist at the Census of Marine Life, an international collaboration that is cataloguing marine life.

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