'Gentle giants': Basking sharks granted protected wild animal status

'Gentle giants': Basking sharks granted protected wild animal status

Basking shark. Picture: Nigel Moyter

Wildlife activists have welcomed the news that the basking shark has been given the status of a 'protected wild animal'.

It comes after a long campaign by wildlife activists and researchers including the Irish Basking Shark Group (IBSG).

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