Australia: Now there’s political correctness for SHARKS: Push to call shark attacks ‘shark bites’ and ‘shark interventions’

Ben Fordham has hit out at a move by bureaucrats to rename shark attacks 'interactions' and 'negative encounters' after a swimmer was mauled to death by a great white.

The 2GB radio host mocked the changes after a swimmer was attacked by the 4.5m great white shark at Little Bay Beach in Sydney's east on Wednesday afternoon.

Nearby fishermen and beachgoers filmed his horrifying final moments from a nearby rock shelf.

In July, it emerged officials in Queensland and NSW would be rebranding shark attacks to change the animal's image as a 'man-eating monster'.

Fordham on Thursday morning said he didn't know how changing the language around the attack 'helps anyone'.

 'There was a push from bureaucrats to stop using the word "attack" when talking about sharks,' he said.

'They prefer "shark bite", "shark interaction" or "shark encounter". I don't know how that helps anyone.'

The NSW Department of Primary Industries had started describing a shark encounter as 'incidents' or 'interactions' in their official reports, The Sydney Morning Herald reported in July.

Leonardo Guida, a shark researcher at the Australian Marine Conservation Society, said that the word choice can be 'potent'.

He said public fears can be inflamed by language used by politicians and the media.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10521317/shark-attack-sydney-video-little-bay-ben-fordham.html

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