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“When we saw it, it looked really hurt, it almost looked dead,” says Finn Holland. “But then we saw subtle movements.”

The porbeagle shark was found in Maces Bay on Saturday

Hope Edmond · CBC News

· Posted: Aug 16, 2026 4:12 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

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A boy with his feet in shallow water at sunset. A shark fin points out of the water.Finn Holland, 15, helped a shark that was washed up on the shore in Maces Bay, N.B., get back into the water. (Submitted by Jill Holland)

Fifteen-year-old Finn Holland loves animals, so when he heard that a shark washed up on a shore near his home in Maces Bay, N.B., on Saturday evening, he knew he had to help. 

Holland and his family drove their side-by-side vehicle down their long driveway, which leads to the beach in the small community southwest of Saint John. 

“When we saw it, it looked really hurt, it almost looked dead,” Holland said. “But then we saw subtle movements.”

“So I dragged him in by the tail into the ocean and I helped him guide himself in the water, and he just took off.”

A shark laying on it's back on the sand. Seaweed is surrounding the shark.Finn Holland rescued a two-metre,  » Read More


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