Steven Spielberg regrets that his movie 'Jaws' had negative impact on shark population

Director Steven Spielberg regretted the consequences of his 1975 film "Jaws", writes BBC.

The filmmaker believes that the horror film about the man-eating shark had a negative impact on the population of these animals. Spielberg fears that the sharks are angry at him "for the feeding frenzy of crazy sword fishermen."

The movie "Jaws" is about a great white shark that attacks people in a U.S. seaside town. Studies have shown that the number of great sharks along the east coast of North America has dropped by 50% since the film premiered. According to experts, Spielberg's horror film distorted people's perceptions: they began to think of sharks as vengeful animals aimed at killing people.