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A dying whale shark washes up on the shores near the city of Yogyakarta in Indonesia’s Java island after being stranded in shallow waters overnight. Police and volunteers from Animal Friend Jogja prevented local villagers from chopping up the 13-metre-long animal for its meat. Whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, are classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Photograph: Suryo Wibowo/AFP/Getty Images

A dying whale shark washes up on the shores near the city of Yogyakarta in Indonesia’s Java island after being stranded in shallow waters overnight. Police and volunteers from Animal Friend Jogja prevented local villagers from chopping up the 13-metre-long animal for its meat. Whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, are classified as ‘vulnerable’ by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Photograph: Suryo Wibowo/AFP/Getty Images

(Source: Guardian)

— 10 months ago with 79 notes
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