Thieves break into aquatics shop, steal shark

British police were searching for a shark stolen from an aquatics shop over the weekend in southern England.

The female Australian marbled cat shark was one of a breeding pair kept in a converted garage in the back of a store owned by Peter Newman in Farnborough, about 20 miles west of London’s Heathrow Airport, police said Tuesday.

The shark, two feet long and mottled brown, is rare in Britain, police said.

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Tagged as: Animals, Aquatics, England, Marbled Cat Sharks, Peter Newman, Rare Animals, Sharks

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