She should be able to swim through these waters without finding a wall of netting in her path. A young dolphin was swimming off the coast of South Africa when she became trapped in a shark net. She struggled to escape, but the net held her underwater until she died. Her death was not an accident. Shark nets and baited hooks used along South Africa’s coast also catch turtles, rays, and sharks that were never the intended target. From 2018 through 2022, this gear killed an average of 411…
