shark kills again

A DOCTOR who tried in vain to save a WA surfer after a shark attack says there was little he could do but his death would have been painless and quick.
Father-of-two Chris Boyd was surfing at the popular surf break Umbies off Gracetown, in Western Australia's South West, when the shark bounced off another surfer's board and attacked him on Saturday morning.
Anaesthetist Dennis Millard, who was surfing near Mr Boyd, says his injuries were fatal.
"I think it would have been very painless and quick," he told reporters.
The doctor has since bonded with the Boyd family who've described him as a "wonderful man".
"They're a very tight-knit family and they're obviously very distressed by what happened," he said on Tuesday.
"He was an absolute water man, who was a warrior of the ocean."
Dr Millard also read a statement from Shae Nairn, who was surfing with Mr Boyd when he was attacked.
Mr Nairn said only he knew what happened in the water and he had done his best to convey the details to Mr Boyd's partner Krystle and the rest of the family.
The Boyd family have asked for privacy while they mourn, Dr Millard said.
The doctor, who is a keen surfer, said he was concerned about the number of shark attacks "increasing out of proportion".
An imminent threat order issued immediately after the shark attack was rescinded on Monday night after the Fisheries Department failed to catch any shark that might have been responsible for the attack.
Shark Response Unit spokesman Tony Cappelluti said a great white shark was likely to have been responsible.
"We had no choice but to issue this order, especially as many school leavers are in the region at the moment," he said.
"The scientific advice is that some white sharks remain in the vicinity of an attack site for a period while others move on.
"There have been no further sightings of a white shark in the area and it is likely that the shark responsible for the attack is no longer in this general locality."
Some surfers are calling for sharks larger than three metres or those that swim close to shore be culled.
The state government has indicated it will consider stronger protective options for ocean users but culling sharks is unlikely.
Mr Boyd's death is WA's only fatal shark attack this year.
It comes weeks after abalone diver Greg Pickering was bitten on the face and body by a five-metre great white while diving off the coast of Esperance.
There have been three fatal shark attacks at Gracetown in the past 10 years.
Surfer Bradley Smith was taken by a great white in 2004 and Nicholas Edwards was killed by a shark at nearby South Point in 2010.