David Lillenfield , champion bodysurfer, was killed by a Great White Shark during a competition in South Africa on April 20th, 2012. He was only twenty years old. The details are horrific and terrifying and won't be recounted here. While my initial reaction to his death was typical: sad, horrified, shocked, I was also filled with a sense of dread that the shark would be hunted and killed. Champion body surfer, David Lillenfield (20) was killed bya great White Shark during a competeion on April 20th, 2012 I've always had a problem with killing animals who kill people, especially sharks. I'm not a marine biologist so, to me, all great white sharks look the same. When a shark is killed, for revenge, how do we know we've killed the right shark? Furthermore, sharks are the world's perfect predators and they live in the ocean. They are unintelligent creatures who live only to feed. When they see a body surfer in the water, it resembles their favorite food s...
