Dead great white shark retrieved from Dyer Island, Gansbaai | Dyer Island Conservation Trust

Wednesday 18.06.2012
Cage diving operators alerted Wilfred Chivell (Dyer Island Conservation Trust - www.dict.org.za) to a dead great white shark lying on the shore of Dyer Island, Gansbaai, South Africa.
Plans were then made to launch several boats for a retrieval mission. After Wednesday's seas proved too rough, three boats (Calypso, Lwazi and Free Willy) were launched on Thursday morning and the team embarked on an exciting journey to the island.
Free Willy, the smallest of the boats, made several journeys to and from the island to drop the team off and they made the way to the shark. Dyer Island is a private wild and seabird reserve and rarely accepts visitors. The team were lucky enough to spend a couple of hours on it during which time the shark was lifted into a specially built cradle for stranded animals and moved to the water. This cradle was then inflated and the shark was lifted step by step to the sea by a team of divers.
Calypso then sent a rope out to the dive team who attached it to the cradle. She then towed the shark and the team back to the boats and began it's journey back to shore where the boats were greeted by TV crews and hundreds of onlookers. To read where the white shark was taken and what the plans are, follow this link: http://goo.gl/v9XGf

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