Branding Sharks

Anyone know anything about this? I saw it on the Boat Life of Charleston facebook page. Someone is putting brands on sharks in the area.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10157314860538307&set=pcb.943580792700302&type=3&theater&ifg=1

If true it’s insane

If true, I bet it’s criminal.


“I am constantly amazed at the stupidity of the general public.”
~my dad

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What the heck is wrong with people?

“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?

Could it be any worse than this? Just sayin’ [:I]

We caught 9 today. No brands.

No, not realy but at least that has a purpose & not just someone being an ahole.
Do they even brand cows anymore? All the cows in the pastors near my house have tags in the ear.

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Originally posted by dparker677

Could it be any worse than this? Just sayin’ [:I]


There was a comment made that the guy who made the post works for DNR here…so the speculation I’ve heard that this is in FL sounds like it’s probably false and this is in fact here locally.

Someone is really a prick for doing this ****. What’s the purpose? How do you heat that (**() thing hot enough on a boat!?@?

Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat

To me it looked like they carved out the skin rather than a heated brand???
It won’t let me go back & look at the pic again to look closer.

Definitely strange to say the least.

Fishing Nerd

“skilled labor isn’t cheap, cheap labor isn’t skilled”

cruel

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Originally posted by areeldrag

To me it looked like they carved out the skin rather than a heated brand???
It won’t let me go back & look at the pic again to look closer.


Yeah, it looks like they took the pics down. I think they used a propane torch to heat up an iron. That would be the quickest, easiest route. I can’t imagine trying to carve a perfect design into a live shark.

No way it would be still enough to look that good carved

Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat

It made me sick to my stomach when my dad and uncle branded yearlings. Ear tags are humane. The shark looked like it had been branded and the mark was raw meat under the burned away skin. I hope the greenies catch him . People that torture animals are evil. Anyone that knows about this should speak up.

Found the pic

you can also brand skin with cold gases, ie carbon dioxide! I’ve heard of catfish clubs doing it.

While I have no love for a shark other than eating one from time to time, as I’ve gotten older I can’t stand to see any creature suffer. Quick death or leave it alone. Hopefully this will be like the jackasses pouring beer down a gators throat and the law will catch them.

Just some self centered aholes trying to get some attention on Facebook with what they thought was a cool pic. Big fail.

It’s out there now so just a matter of time before someone figures out who they are.

It may be a coincidence but that is the logo of a specialty line maker that I saw online yesterday while browsing. Doubt they approve either.

Karma is a funny thing. I’d hate to be those guys wade fishing or swimming.

Surfing all my life I’ve always released sharks to make sure I don’t become another statistic. I don’t even eat shark at restaurants.

It really doesn’t make sense to me why someone would think that is acceptable.