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Great White shark kills surferBy staff writers and wires July 11, 2004AUTHORITIES may be hunting a Great White shark which killed a 29-year-old surfer at a West Australian surfing beach, the first fatal attack in four years. Fatal ... the victim's surfboard after the attack. (Pic: Channel 7) The victim, Bradley Adrian Smith, was surfing with a friend and three other people at Left Handers beach, south of Gracetown, near Margaret River, yesterday when he was knocked off his board and mauled by the shark. Two teenagers who pulled Mr Smith of Shoalwater, 41km south of Perth from the water...

Brother defends killer shark 12/07/2004 08:21 - (SA) Perth, Australia - The brother of a surfer killed in a shark attack off the West Australian coast at the weekend appealed to the authorities on Monday not to kill the maneater. A helicopter and a boat were used in the hunt by fisheries authorities for two large sharks involved in the attack that killed Bradley Smith, 29, in the Indian Ocean south of Gracetown, near Margaret River, on Saturday. But Stephen Smith said his brother had died doing what he loved best, and he believed killing the shark would be "an...

The death of a surfer mauled by a shark has rekindled debate over the safety of people swimming off Australia's world-renowned beaches but also the plight of sharks, some species of which are being hunted to the brink of extinction. Bradley Adrian Smith, 29, died Saturday afternoon after being savaged in the Indian Ocean off Left Handers Beach, south of Western Australia state capital, Perth. Witnesses said Smith tried to fight off at least one and possibly two sharks, which officials said most likely were great whites, although they said they could also have been bronze whaler sharks. Authorities Monday...

A surfer was bitten in half after losing a desperate fight for his life with two Great White sharks. Brad Smith, 29, was surfing off the Western Australian coast when a huge shark 'as wide as a car' lunged out of the water and snapped his board in half. Mr Smith's friends could only watch in horror as he fell into the sea and another of the enormous creatures moved in on him. Experts said it was almost as if they had ambushed him. The surfer lashed out with his fists to try to keep the sharks at bay as...