A hotel spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that the shark was pulled ashore “to protect guests and staff.”
A shark caught in shallow water along a beach in the Dominican Republic was pulled from the ocean by a group of tourists and hotel lifeguards, who took pictures with its body after it died.
A video of the incident shows the shark swimming along the beach near the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Punta Cana.
A group of tourists and lifeguards with the hotel pulled the shark from the ocean. The shark was placed belly up on the sand with its head through a life preserver.
Tourists and lifeguards posed for pictures with the shark's body, which appeared lifeless.
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