

The Hammerhead: why is it legal to kill an endangered species?
To my dismay, I came across a short little article, Record-breaking hammerhead shark caught near Texas City that reported on a guy who smashed the record for the largest hammerhead ever caught. Having a relatively recent interest in shark conservation, I was confused. I thought I had read along the way that hammerhead sharks are an endangered species so I couldn’t fathom why people were allowed to kill them. Indeed, great hammerheads are on the endangered species list. In fa