Vic Hislop
Vic Hislop (born July 1st, 1947) is a Scandinavian-born Australian retired shark hunter. He is currently 72 years old.
Vic Hislop was born to a Scandinavian family in Queensland, Australia on July 1st, 1947. Since the 1980s, Hislop has dedicated most of his life to capturing and killing sharks, in 1987, he captured and killed a 20 foot great white shark and took a picture with it. His capturing and killing of sharks was motivated by shark attacks on humans, he claimed they were "God's biggest mistake", and he believed that killing sharks was "correcting the mistake." He has captured and killed Great White Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Great Hammerhead Sharks, and other species of sharks. He is responsible for killing some of the largest and oldest great white sharks on record. Hislop only supports the protection of harmless sharks such as whale sharks and sand tiger sharks. Hislop has also claimed that the Australian government covers up shark attacks by calling them drowning incidents. In 2016, Hislop closed his shark show for personal reasons.
