There has been a lot of speculation about cause of the sharp increase in shark sightings and attacks along the California coast in 2012, from increased recreational kayaking to smartphones making it easier to report sighting. But Roger Hedgecock, talk radio host and disgraced ex-mayor of San Diego, California, has found the real cause: liberals and their "crazy environmentalist mentality" have invited the sharks to attack by creating "shark-free zones".
"The response of the crazy environmentalist mentality that runs this state has been to gin up some studies showing the Great White should be placed on the endangered species list because we need to protect them, there's not that many. Now so far, I dont know of anybody that's killed a Great White, though it is said some fishermen take the small sharks. Um, and I don't know that we need them protected against us when in the eight attacks it was the human being that was the victim. Now the CA Fish and Game Commission will consider on February 6th whether to declare the Great White Sharks a candidate for protection and recommend to the federal government that they get protection and at the same time under the California Endangered Species Act as well.
"Now here's what's actually happening. The sharks used to be fished when they did show up and not many of them did but when they did show up they were fished. Shark boats went out at night and took care of the sharks. Sharks, of course, avoided this area because they knew they were being hunted here. They're not dumb. Now that they're not being hunted here because there's a new rule in California it's like the gun-free zone. We now have a shark-free zone. As a consequence we've had eight shark attacks in one year, where before that the last one was in 1959. So now we have a great-white free zone."