Abandoned Great White Shark

A wildlife park at Bass, Victoria near Western port Bay was shutdown in 2012 by Department of Sustainability and Environment as Wildlife Wonderland was running without a license. There were also investigateve reports on mistreate of animals. Later all the animals was moved to different locations to look after thier care.

Amid the lockdown of Wildlife Wonderland, several people flock to the place and found Rosie,the Great White Shark abandoned in a tank full of formaldehyde (preserved). People aslo made videos on their trip to abandoned Wildlife park and their discovery of Great White Shark which gained many views in youtube.

Coming to the history of Rosie, there were reports that it was killed after becoming caught in the Lukin family's tuna fishing nets on the coasts of Australia in 1998. Later Wildlife Wonderland purchased the great white and preserved in a tank full of formaldehyde. After the viral videos on youtube about the Great White Shark, police got concerned after several people flock to Wildlife Wonderland without permission.

Later after many concerns of potential bio hazard (Shark's glass display case which caused carcinogenic formaldehyde vapours to leak from the tank),Crystal World director and geologist Tom Katipany moved the shark to Crystal World in 2019.

In 2010, according to study made by Stanford University, the population of Great White Sharks is less than 3500 individuals which make them a part of endangered species.