Howard Neill
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Oct 10, 2006, 12:04 AM
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Re: [Ron Priest] Corporate update
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Sausages are OK, Ron.
They do have synthetic casings as well. I am more concerned that tonight's the night, when I meet Nephew at the Predator Tank. Gulp! 
Dear
THE CIRCLES OF THE LIFE OF THE GREAT WHITE SHARK
Late in 2004, Tanya Webb was having her ritual morning swim about 10m off the Cat Walk on Fish Hoek Beach. In a violent couple of seconds she was no longer. All that was left was her red swimming cap floating in the water. A great white shark had attacked and eaten her.
Nicholas Ellenbogen is a prolific playwright who lives with his wife opposite the spot where Tanya Webb got attacked. Nicholas has written many environmental plays over a period of thirty years. The Tanya Webb attack inspired him to research and write a play about the Great White Sharks. The play has just returned from the Grahamstown Festival. It is a powerful story that unfolds with all the mystery that surrounds the Great White itself. Researched in False Bay, where the massive concentration of these Sharks has become cause for considerable debate, two of the worlds perfect predators come face to face in their parallel lives, when an old lady is taken off the Fish Hoek rocks. The cry is “Kill the Sharks”, but can reason prevail and Man respect their domain?
Since this incident there have been many more encounters with Great Whites along the Cape coast line. Some have been violent with serious consequences for the victim and some have been just been sightings. Some have been reported and others remain confined in the memories of those who experienced the encounter.
► Are the attacks on humans by great whites on the increase?
► Are there too many Great Whites in False Bay?
► Have the Chumming and Shark diving operations caused an increase in attacks and encounters?
► Are we at more risk now than in the past if we swim, surf or paddle in False Bay?
To get an insight and answer to some of these questions about the Great White join the debate on the 10th of October amongst the predators at the Aquarium.
Alison Kock who is currently doing her PHD on the Great White and Gregg Oelofse, who represents the City of Cape Town on the Shark Working Group, will address us before dinner and give us some insight into the ‘The Circles of a Great White Shark’s Life’. After dinner, the evening will conclude with Nicholas Ellenbogen’s informative and entertaining play.
Children are welcome to join you for this event.
Date : Tuesday the 10th of October 2006
Time : 7.00pm
Venue : Two Oceans Aquarium, Dock Road, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town
Dress : Casual
Parking : Secure parking in the parking area adjacent to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Dock Road (see YPO signage)
49ers welcome at R200 per person
Howard
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Don't trash the dress. Plant a tree instead.
Cape Town, South Africa - "Where two oceans meet"
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