A German underwater cameraman's plans to capture whale sharks so tourists can dive with them off Kenya have infuriated conservationists, who said the suggestions that the scheme would protect the creatures "do not add up". Volker Bassen, a dive instructor who runs a whale shark trust, wants to hang nets 2,000ft long in shallow waters off Kenya's Indian Ocean beaches as enclosures for two of the animals. Visitors would pay pounds 65 each to...
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