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Shark Angels

February 25, 2010 Posted in News

Ecologist Julie Andersen gets up close and personal with a tiger shark as part of her battle to save these endangered creatures.

Julie and a team of friends called the Shark Angels regularly dive to free sharks from trawlers’ nets.

They happily dive with razor-toothed Tiger sharks to raise awareness of their international crusade.

Nearly 70million sharks are killed each year, with shark fin soup fetching up to