Gold Coast News
WOMAN ON HUNGER STRIKE OVER SHARK NETS
A Gold Coast woman is going to extreme lengths to have shark-nets and drum-lines removed from the Queensland coast.
Nicole McLachlan has gone on a hunger strike – and says she’ll only drink water until the Government commits funding to non-lethal alternatives.
Ms McLachlan says more than 78,000 marine animals have been caught in the nets since they were put in place five decades ago.
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