Dying dogfish. The local fishermen call these fish
the rats of the sea but I felt sorry for them. They
washed up on our pebbled beaches en masse and there
was no eco- or biological reason for that. We tried
to push them back into the surf but they seemed
destined to wash up on the shore and die. Thankfully
this does not happen very often but every year, when
it does, I feel sad and helpless.