How Do You Feel About “Roatan Shark Feeder Charged With Attempted Murder”?
A shark feeding profiteer in Roatan has been charged with attempted murder….sells shark feeding dives to thrill-seeking tourists, allegedly attacked ….. apparently attempting to prevent a competing dive operator from profiting off of “his sharks”, tried to shut off DeBeer’s air supply….. but the two PADI scuba diving instructors continued to scuffle as horrified scuba diving tourists looked on in shock and disbelief. DeBeer survived the violent attack and reported the incident…. Despite aggressive and often deceitful pro-shark feeding campaigns by several U.S. dive industry marketing behemoths including PADI, DEMA and Scuba Diving Magazine, shark feeding has been banned….. destinations where authorities have failed to act, tourists participating in shark feeding and shark baiting dives have been injured and killed. In 2008, Austrian attorney Marcus Groh died after he was attacked by a shark while scuba diving with Jim Abernethy, a notorious Florida shark feeding profiteer who
ROATAN, Honduras (25 Feb 2009) — A shark feeding profiteer in Roatan has been charged with attempted murder. Waihuka Adventure Divers owner Maurilio Mirabella, who sells shark feeding dives to thrill-seeking tourists, allegedly attacked a competing dive operator underwater at a shark feeding site near Roatan’s airport. Witnesses said Mirabella attacked Willie DeBeer, a Sueño del Mar dive guide who took a group of tourists to the shark feeding site. Mirabella, apparently attempting to prevent a competing dive operator from profiting off of “his sharks”, tried to shut off DeBeer’s air supply. DeBeer fought off the initial attack but the two PADI scuba diving instructors continued to scuffle as horrified scuba diving tourists looked on in shock and disbelief. DeBeer survived the violent attack and reported the incident to authorities who have charged Mirabella with attempted murder. Mirabella has declined to comment on the charges but said he sells shark feeding dives because “without sha
