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Discovery Channel has now started its annual Shark Week programming. Shark Savers has joined the channel as its conservation partner for the programs, and at 9PM e/p today (USA), Wendy Benchley is featured in “How Jaws Changed the World”. This examines the effect that the Jaws book and film, written by the late Peter Benchley, has had on the world. Initially, the unanticipated result was to shape a highly negative public perception of sharks, however the long-term result has been to contribute to a new generation of shark scientists and conservationists and has even led some key individuals to devote their lives to shark conservation.