A ragged-tooth shark who has swum around in circles in Cape Town's Two Oceans Aquarium for the past six years is being released off the beach in Seavale this evening.
Reef, the 200kg raggie was caught in the Mgwalana River in Birha in 2010 when she weighed 6kg and was one of five sharks to have formed part of the I&J predator exhibit at the waterfront aquarium which will close for renovation later this month.
She is being set free in the Eastern Cape to fall into current migratory patterns of fellow raggies and because Cape waters are too cold at this time of the year.
Reef and tank mate Nasa left Cape Town in a flatbed truck emblazoned with a 'Shark in Transit!' insignia on Tuesday afternoon and arrived in East London early this morning.
Ragged shark finally leaves his aquarium home
Reef, the 200kg raggie was caught in the Mgwalana River in Birha in 2010 when she weighed 6kg and was one of five sharks to have formed part of the I&J predator exhibit at the waterfront aquarium which will close for renovation later this month.
She is being set free in the Eastern Cape to fall into current migratory patterns of fellow raggies and because Cape waters are too cold at this time of the year.
Reef and tank mate Nasa left Cape Town in a flatbed truck emblazoned with a 'Shark in Transit!' insignia on Tuesday afternoon and arrived in East London early this morning.
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