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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/09/28/2011-09-28_peta_payback_is_hell_ad_aimed_at_florida_shark_attack_victim_causing_feeding_fre.html?r=news/national

A planned advertisement from the animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that implies a shark-attack victim deserved his injuries has had the effect of chum in the water for the group's critics

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But there is a catch: PETA hasn't found a home for the ad. It is trying to put the advertisement up on Anna Maria Island in Florida, where a local man was mauled by a bull shark while spear-fishing Saturday.

Charles Wickersham, 21, survived the attack, but remains hospitalized with a severe wound on his left thigh.

"With sharks in the news, we thought it would be a good time to bring up the fact that sharks are not actually the most dangerous predators on the planet - we are," PETA spokeswoman Ashley Byrne told the News.

PETA is still looking for an outdoor advertising company on the island that is willing to put up the hot-button billboard. The organization has casted a wider net throughout surrounding Manatee County.

"If I see one of those billboards that they plan on putting up, I will burn it down," shark angler Bill Goldschmitt told Florida's WWSB-TV, an ABC affiliate.

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