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Sydney closes popular beaches after Shark attacks dolphin
After sharks mauled a dolphin in waters close to Sydney, a number of the city’s well-known beaches were forced to close.
Following the attack, police closed all local beaches as a precaution when at least two bull sharks were spotted in the Shelly Beach area of northern Sydney.
The hurt dolphin circled the shallow waters before dying on the beach.
The weekend carnival Manly Open Surf has been postponed. It was held at the beach.
After the incident on Saturday morning at 7:00 local time, lifeguards helped individuals get out of the sea (20:00 GMT on Friday).
The festival’s competition was ready to begin with hundreds of participants.
A spokesperson for Surf Life Saving New South Wales (SLSNSW), Tracey Hare-Boyd, said that fortunately no one had been hurt or participated in the attack.
SLSNSW advised people not to enter the water until lifeguards felt it safe, saying they were using a drone to monitor shark activity.
A dolphin was spotted swimming in the bay, much to the initial surprise of the eyewitness who was on Shelly beach, according to Media.
She quickly found out, however, that there was a shark in the sea and that swimmers were advised to remain on dry land.
“We came back and saw the dolphin was on the beach which was really incredibly sad,” she said.
It was not yet clear whether the dolphin died from injuries sustained in the attack or whether it was already ill and dying, which would have made it an easy target for the sharks, SLSNSW’s Ms. Hare-Boyd said.
Beaches from Shelly Beach to Queenscliff Beach remain closed and people have been urged to be vigilant and follow shark safety advice.
In Sydney, there have only been two fatal shark attacks on humans in the previous 60 years.
Simon Nellist, a British swimmer, was mauled by a great white in the waters off east Sydney last February, resulting in the city’s first deadly shark attack in 59 years.
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