South Korea Guides Crowd-Pulling Shark Out of Canal
Rescuers used nets and a pontoon as more than 1 million visitors watched the female shark’s latest bid to reach open water.
- Authorities in Busan, South Korea, made a third attempt on Wednesday to send a trapped shark back to the open sea using nets to guide the animal toward open water.
- The 9ft 10in shark, nicknamed Bukangi, was first spotted in the Busan waterway last month and has remained trapped in the canal since that initial sighting.
- Busan and Coast Guard officials coordinated the rescue, scanning from the shore and a makeshift bridge while divers entered the water using a net secured to a pontoon.
- By late Wednesday afternoon, the outcome remained unclear as onlookers gathered along the banks to watch the shark swimming close to shore at several points during the operation.
- The BBC's Seoul correspondent Jake Kwon is in Busan to cover the ongoing rescue efforts, while more than a million visitors have flocked to the site since the shark first appeared.
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The operation was completed after weeks of efforts by local authorities to safely remove the shark from the channel, where its presence had attracted thousands of visitors.
Officials in Busan made a third attempt to rescue a shark that had become stuck in a canal and return it to the sea. The animal has attracted more than a million visitors. On Wednesday, authorities in the southeastern South Korean city of Busan made a third attempt to return a stranded shark to the open sea. City and Coast Guard officials monitored the water from the shore and from a makeshift bridge, while divers entered the water. - YouTube ww…
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South Korean officials free a shark trapped for a month in Busan canal
South Korean officials have freed a large gray shark trapped for over a month in a canal in Busan. On Wednesday, they used a floating platform to guide the 3-meter-long dusky shark, nicknamed Bukangi, to the sea. The shark was…
After two unsuccessful attempts, rescuers guided her to the open sea with a net.
The three-meter Bukangi shark spent more than a month in the city canal of Busan. After two unsuccessful attempts, specialists were able to bring her into the open sea using nets and floating platforms.
Bukangi shark is seen swimming in the Busan artificial canal in South Korea, where it has remained for more than a month. Prof. Sang Wha Kim and Dr. Ji Hyung Park/The Shark Lab/Kangwon National University. After more than a month in the Busan artificial canal, a port city in South Korea, the "Bukanggi" shark was taken back to sea. The successful operation was the third attempt to remove the animal from the canal and occurred after signs of deter…
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