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Channel 5 News ride along as Texas Game Wardens move shark out of shallow water

Channel 5 News ride along as Texas Game Wardens move shark out of shallow water
3 months 1 week 1 day ago Thursday, July 04 2024 Jul 4, 2024 July 04, 2024 6:26 PM July 04, 2024 in News - Local

UPDATE: On Friday, July 5, South Padre Island spokesperson Nikki Soto released more details on the four individuals who were treated following Thursday's shark attacks.

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Different agencies worked together to protect beachgoers from a shark on Thursday by trying to move it out to deeper waters.

Texas Game Wardens played a crucial role in that effort. They quickly rode on over to the Gulf of Mexico, where they were working alongside the South Padre Island fire and police departments.

The Texas Department of Public Safety also came in with their helicopter and started getting low on the water to try to scare the shark away.

The helicopter and boats pushed the shark along the jetties where they lost sight of it.

"That's the fun thing about our job. It deals with the people, but it also deals with the wildlife, and it could be something like this where you have the shark bites," Texas Game Warden Colby Henz said.

The wardens will continue to go out and monitor the waters for any safety related reasons.

Watch the video above for the full story. 

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