500 baby zebra sharks to be reintroduced to wild

National Geographic looks at ReShark’s efforts to help threatened and endangered species.
1:06 | 03/17/23

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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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