By Mera McGrew
A group of shark attack survivors have joined together in what many would think of as an unlikely and ironic mission — to conserve and restore the world’s dwindling shark population. The survivors work in association with the Pew Environmental Group. Dubbed Shark Attack Survivors for Shark Conservation, the group was formed in 2009 and is headed by Debbie Salamone, a shark attack survivor.
“No one else can speak up for sharks like we can,” Salamone explained. “When we gather as a group, people are missing arms and legs…we give a very special voice to animals that are being killed at a very detrimental rate.”
The obvious question, though, is why? Indeed why would Salamone and fellow members of the Shark Attack conservation group want to protect the very animal that attacked them?…