Thieves stole aquarium's shark by disguising it as a baby
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For Miss Helen, Saturday began like any other day. The young, 40 centimetre-long female horn shark, just one of the animals in the San Antonio Aquarium’s interactive shark touch pools, spent the morning swimming around the exhibit receiving food and petting from curious visitors.
But three aquarium goers wanted to do more than just touch and feed the relatively harmless Miss Helen, police say. They allegedly planned to steal her.
By Monday night, two people had confessed to taking the shark from the aquarium in Texas, Leon Valley Police Chief Joseph Salvaggio said. Miss Helen was found alive in the garage of a San Antonio home that looked like a “mock-up” of the aquarium, Salvaggio said. A 38-year-old man has been charged with theft. Charges against the other two suspects are pending Salvaggio said.
“Luckily the thief was somebody who knew what he was doing,” he said. “Luckily for the shark and for the aquarium, we were able to get that animal back in one piece.”
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