Live shark dumped outside Aussie newspaper

Police say they are confused as to why a live shark was dumped on the doorstep of an Australian newspaper.

The Port Jackson shark had been left outside the offices of The Warrnambool Standard in southeast Victoria on Tuesday night.

A local resident found the shark and contacted police who put it in a bucket and later released it into the sea.

The 70cm shark is said to have swam off and is not thought to have been injured.

A spokesperson for the newspaper said they did not know why they were sent the shark ... apparently it didn't have a little card like a bunch of flowers.