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The 16-inch female horned shark was caught during a burglary that, according to the aquarium officials, was not a crush: "The suspects staked the pool for more details. "Waiting for the right time," said the aquarium in a statement.
The search for the young female shark, known by the aquarium staff as Miss Helen, led the police Monday to the house of a man who maintains a According to the police chief of the suburb of San Antonio, where is the aquarium, the collection of marine life.
"When we entered the garage and the house it looked almost like a model of (the Aquarium of San Antonio)," said Leon Valley Police Chief Joseph Salvaggio. "He knew very well what he was doing and kept this animal alive."
The Great Shark Burglary
The surveillance video, which the aquarium posted on its Facebook page, caught the burglary. Two men and a woman with a baby were walking around with a stroller in tow. The trio is seen on the video that hangs around the tank where visitors can feed the fish and reach in the water and fondle the marine life.
One of the men bends over quickly and pulls something out of the tank, using an aquarium net the officials said he had brought with him. The man then disappears out of camera range with his companion following him while the woman walks with the baby. "After catching the shark, they entered one of our filter rooms where they poured a bucket of bleach.The employees used to disinfect the tools in our cold water system expose the Filtration system, causing damage to other wildlife, "said the statement from the aquarium.The men put the shark in the bucket and hid it on the stroller for s & # 39;
Quick intervention personnel, realizing what had happened, could prevent bleach from causing more damage.
And to From there, the shark hunt was launched
Missing back Helen at home
On Monday night, police rescued the shark and brought it back to the aquarium. The staff applauded and applauded as Miss Helen made her comeback.
Police do not believe that the shark was brought to sell but to be added to the suspect's collection
"It was something he wanted, he had one in the past "said Salvaggio. "There was one who died."
A man has been charged with theft and charges for two other people are pending, according to Salvaggio.
Miss Helen is now quarantined while the staff are testing the water in which she is being held and acclimated in the aquarium environment.
"I am so happy that we brought her back and that she looks very healthy." Jamie Shank with the San Antonio Aquarium told KSAT that the shark has arrived. "I can not believe what she has gone through, she is a little fighter, she is a survivor."
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