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Article: HED: Aquarium releases great white shark after 198 days
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- April 14, 2005
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
A great white shark that survived longer than any other in
captivity was released back to the wild because it was growing too
large for its tank and was beginning to prey on other fish at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The shark, captured off the coast of Orange County on Aug. 20, was
kept in captivity for 198 days and was the first to regularly eat
outside the wild. Despite a half century of attempts to keep a white
shark, the previous captivity record was 16 days.
"The larger she grew, the more that human safety and animal
welfare concerns became a factor in our thinking,' said Randy