i believe in the beginning they had two whale sharks. ralph and norton. ralph died a few months back, norton very recently. thy still have four sharks left that were added between ralph and norton's deaths (RIP you big fishees).
check this out.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...1#post10135601
it includes a letter written by Jeff Swanagan, President and Executive Director of GA (the guy you were talkin about tony?).
edit: apparently the remaining four sharks are doing just fine.