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Investigation Leads to Rescue of Whale Sharks
2016-06-05 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: An 18-month long investigation. A bust. The discovery of illegal goods. It wasn't a drug sting or a gun-running operation bust. It was the rescue of two whale sharks, which were being held illegally in underwater cages off the coast of an island in eastern Indonesia. The 12-foot long sharks, which may grow to be the size of a school bus, were immediately released into the ocean. They were lucky-an investigation from the Wildlife Conservation Society, a New York-based nonprofit that assisted Indonesian...
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