Created Mon 26th May 4:40pm PDT by
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Will the Mexican Navy display a dead shark by May 31st? [Reported]
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2634668020080526?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true
Mon May 26, 2008 4:44pm EDT
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy searched for sharks in the ocean near Pacific surfing beaches on Monday, after two bathers were killed and another maimed in a rare spate of shark attacks.
Three boats and a helicopter patrolled the sea while Navy and rescue officials scanned the horizon with binoculars from popular beaches around the southwestern Mexican resort of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. They warned surfers not to go far out.
"We've been monitoring the beaches; we've done reconnaissance flights," Rear Adm. Arturo Bernal said, adding that no big shark had been detected yet in the area.
Surfer Bruce Grimes from Texas was bitten on the arm on Saturday off nearby Playa Linda beach, making him the third target of a shark attack in the area in a month.
Two attacks in April and May killed a Mexican and an American -- the first shark deaths off Mexico's Pacific coast in 30 years, according to official records.
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My comment: Tourism is one of the larger industries in Mexico, and vital to resort destinations such as Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, the Mexican goverment and military is taking the recent shark attacks there very seriously.
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Settled as No on Sun 1st Jun 2:25pm PDT
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Created Mon 26th May 4:40pm PDT by
valornhonor
Suspended Sat 31st May 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'No' Sun 1st Jun 2:25pm PDT by
lesley
: No dead sharks on display
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