The authorities in South Africa's coastal city of Cape Town are investigating how dozens of decapitated sharks were dumped at a beach where they were found on Sunday morning.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the deep-water sharks were found at Strandfontein beach by law enforcement officials.
"Our Inspectors uncovered that all the sharks had their heads, dorsal fins and tails severed," the organisation said in a Facebook post.
Shark fins are used as delicacies and fetch a high price in the black market, it added.