Shark expert says WA tagging program an 'expensive cull'

By Aleisha Orr
Updated December 23 2014 - 12:13pm, first published 11:36am
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF
A tagged great white shark is still at large after drum lines failed to lure it to bite. Photo: Carlos Aquiler - WWF

A catch-and-kill order on a monitored shark in Warnbro Sound, south of Perth, proves the state government's tagging program is being used as "an expensive way to cull sharks", according to an Australian-based shark expert.

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