Transcript for 500 baby zebra sharks to be reintroduced to wild
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT HERE, SAVING
THE SHARKS.
TONIGHT, AN UNPRECEDENTED
MISSION TO REPOPULATE OUR
OCEANS, ONE ZEBRA SHARK AT A
TIME.
ZEBRA SHARKS ARE HIGHLY
ENDANGERED ALMOST ANYWHERE IN
THE WORLD, THE VICTIMSOF
OVERFISHING.
SCIENTISTS HERE PARTNERING WITH
AQUARIUMS TO BRING ZEBRA SHARK
EGGS TO THIS INDONESIAN LAGOON
AND BUILD BACK ITS ZEBRA SHARK
POPULATION.
THEY CALL IT THE RESHARK
PROGRAM.
>> BY BRINGING THESE SHARKS BACK
YOU'RE REBUILDING AND JUST
IMPROVING THE OVERALL ECOSYSTEM
AND ITS RESILIENCY.
>> HATCHING THE BABY SHARKS IN
TANKS LIKE THIS ONE AND RAISING
THEM UNTIL THEY'RE STRONG ENOUGH
TO BE RELEASED.
OUR PARTNERS AT NATGEO THERE,
DOCUMENTING EVERY STEP.
AND THIS IS THE MOMENT.
>> THREE, TWO, ONE.
>> THOSE BABY SHARKS ARE FINALLY
RELEASED.
RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --
>> HELLO, DAVID.
>> NATGEO PHOTOGRAPHER JENNIFER
HAYES, AND HER HOPE THAT THIS IS
JUST THE START.
>> IT FEELS WONDERFUL, BUT IN
REALITY, IT FEELS LIKE REAL HOPE
FOR SHARKS.
SHARKS BEING RELEASED INTO THEIR
FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU, JENNIFER, FOR WHAT
YOU'RE DOING, AN INCREDIBLE
EFFORT.
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