This is the heartwarming moment fishermen teamed up to free an endangered whale shark that was stuck in a net.<br /><br />The creature was caught up in the ropes which had been set up on the shallow part of a beach in the Philippines on June 8.<br /><br />In the video, the enormous shark - estimated to be at least 20ft long, is seen struggling to swim and thrashing around violently in the ocean.<br /><br />Concerned fishermen helped to cut through the net and ushered the animal back into the depths.<br /><br />George Enciso Solmiano recorded the video of the fishermen working to help the whale shark off the coast of San Jose in Camarines Sur province.<br /><br />He said: "My house was just near the sea, I immediately noticed the whale and fishermen, so I went straight to the beach to see what was happening and try to help.''<br /><br />He added the man in the video are Antonio Violeta, who owns the net where the whale was stuck, and fellow fishermen Sammy Sarcilla, Jovel Paga and Ricky Primavera.<br /><br />Whale sharks are classified as 'Endangered' on the (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
