The Brief

Three young Indo-Pacific leopard sharks at the Seattle Aquarium are part of a global conservation effort to help repopulate the endangered species.

Aquarists carefully train and hand-feed the sharks to build trust and prevent them from eating other species in the Newfound Ocean Pavilion Habitat.

The Seattle Aquarium is one of 44 facilities in 15 countries participating in a "reshark the ocean" program.

SEATTLE - More than 7,000 miles from the tropical waters of Indonesia, a rescue mission is quietly underway at the Seattle Aquarium . Three young Indo-Pacific leopard sharks, Oatmeal, Lazlo and Kuda, are part of a conservation program aimed at helping their species survive in the wild.

What they're saying:

"We are in Seattle, which is arguably not a tropical climate," sa

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