The heist of Helen the shark is testament to humankind's hubris | Elle Hunt

Behind the aquarium theft is a craze for shark tanks that speaks to a total loss of perspective about our place in the food chainShark abducted in pram from Texas aquarium is returnedNews that thieves had stolen a shark from a Texas aquarium by disguising it as a baby in a pram prompted many questions, chief among them: "Who calls a shark Miss Helen?" But the second - "Why?" - had already been answered in the Wall Street Journal days earlier, one assumes by happenstance, in a piece declaring: "Home shark tanks are in". Related: How the threat to lions, leopards and wolves endangers us all Continue reading...