Please release me, let me go, sings Sammy

Dubai: The groundswell of support is growing for the campaign to free Sammy the Shark with readers' comments pouring into the Gulf News website from across the globe. Readers have also made cut-outs of the 'Free Sammy the Shark' badge and are flaunting it. One reader pasted it on their vehicle and children especially find the campaign very appealing. "After viewing the whale shark at Atlantis gathering swim patterns, it isn't rocket science," said Jarrod, from Melbourne, Australia. "It just swims in a circle constantly instead of navigating the ocean. The hotel would have known all along they wanted an attraction like a whale shark and made a poor excuse of rescuing it." Rajesh from Dubai is more forthright: "Those who feel the shark is alright in the aquarium, I request them to lock themselves up in a room for a few years... [read full story]