Fearless woman photographed diving naked near sharks for conservation

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29-04-2014 | 10:58
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Fearless woman photographed diving naked near sharks for conservation
For most people, swimming with sharks without a safety net is a nightmare, but for Lesley Rochat - known as the 'shark warrior' - diving off the coast of South Africa with the deadly creatures is one of her 'greatest joys'.

Dressed in only a bikini, and sometimes even naked, she is captured swimming next to the creatures, which are considered one of the most deadly species in the world.

She also dived alongside Lemon sharks, known for their powerful bite, and Caribbean reef sharks.

The photos were taken as part of the campaign "Get Hooked on Conservation, Ban Drum Lines", which aims at stopping the culling of sharks using drum lines in Western Australia and South Africa.

In January this year, West Australia's controversial catch-and-kill order witnessed the first shark shot to death after being discovered on a drum line off Meelup Beach, near Dunsborough.

Ms Rochat, who founded the firm behind the campaign, AfriOceans, claims that an organization in South Africa has also been culling sharks using nets and drum lines "for decades".

"Shark culling is not new in South Africa, the KwaZulu Natal Sharks Board have been using shark nets and drum lines for decades," she added.

"Up to 600 sharks plus hundreds of other marine life, including dolphins and whales, are caught by these barbaric killing devices every year," Rochat said.

"The ocean is the field of sharks and we are just guests in their world. We have no right just because a few of us get killed by sharks annually to suffocate and shoot sharks to death," she concluded by saying.

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