A donation campaign collected more than $ 12,000 in one day, to face a financial fine expected to be imposed on a man who saved a whale from the shark nets on the east coast of Australia.
The Guardian newspaper quoted the unidentified man as saying that he saw a small humpback whale stuck in long nets, placed to prevent the sharks from approaching the shore, so he jumped into the water to dive nine meters and free the whale with a knife cut through the net.
ABC News reported that the man faces a fine of up to $ 27,000, after receiving a visit from fishery officers who threatened him with a fine, to act on his own without waiting for the officials to arrive, noting that there is a regulation that prevents diving or windsurfing from dealing With shark nets