For some, the idea of owning a shark in a home aquarium sounds thrilling. However, keeping a pet shark is far from a simple endeavor. From legality to maintenance challenges, not to mention the ...

It just shuts down them having people pet a damn shark,” he says. A Humane Society lobbyist says the zoo still allows people to pet that same kind of shark, which Sorensen says shouldn’t happen.

A bill that would make it a crime to let people pet sharks has been tabled in the Iowa Legislature. It’s a response to a shark bite that happened in Iowa last year. A small shark bit an employee ...