A blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swims in the aquarium of the Haus des Meeres in Vienna on June 27, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEIN

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HYPOLUXO, Fla. — A half dead 5-foot shark was found in the swimming pool of a Florida condominium complex.

According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Nicole Bonk said she saw two boys carrying the blacktip shark and dumping it into a pool at the Mariner’s Cay condominium in Hypoluxo, Fla., around 11 p.m.

Bonk and her husband were able to pull the shark, which still had hooks in its mouth, out of the water and release it back into the ocean.

“These two kids, they came back from fishing and threw this half-dead creature into the pool as a prank,” Bonk told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “They left the shark in the pool to die. I think they’re terrible children because it’s animal cruelty.”

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is now investigating the incident.

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