A shark's tail: Nova Scotia woman helps save beached blue shark
The sight of a beached shark flopping in the shallows spurred one brave Nova Scotian to race to the rescue.
'I hope it doesn't happen again,' dog-walker-turned-shark-rescuer says
Anna Balde wasn't planning to rescue a shark when she went to walk her puppy along Cherry Hill Beach in Nova Scotia recently.
Balde said she was returning to her car when she heard a woman call out. Balde then saw the shark flopping around in the shallows.
Grabbing the shark by the tail end — rather than the end with the teeth — she managed to haul the shark into deeper water.
A group of surfers used their boards to guide the shark farther out, Balde told CBC Radio's Maritime Noon guest host Brett Ruskin.
"It was dangerous and I'm happy it worked out. I'm happy I didn't get bit," she said. "I hope it doesn't happen again. I would probably do the same."
Listen to Anna Balde's full interview:
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With files from Maritime Noon