South Korean Officials Free a Shark Trapped for a Month in Busan Canal
The rescue followed two failed attempts and growing concerns that the shark had not been feeding as temperatures dropped, officials said.
- 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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Shark nicknamed ‘Bukangi’ returns to sea off South Korea after third rescue attempt
By Hyun Young Yi and Daewoung Kim SEOUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) - A shark that became a sensation after spending more than a month in a canal in the South Korean port of Busan was successfully guided back into the open sea on Wednesday, following two faile...
For about a month, residents watched a three-meter predator circle the shallows. How a floating platform and dozens of rescuers put an end to an unprecedented adventure. The post Shark trapped in a canal rescued – Video from the rescue operation appeared first on in.gr.
A shark that became a darling of the public after becoming stranded in a canal in the South Korean port city of Busan more than a month ago was finally successfully reintroduced to the open sea on Wednesday after two failed attempts, South Korean authorities said.
The third rescue operation to return 'Bukang-i,' a black shark that had stayed in the artificial waterway of Busan Port's North Harbor Waterfront Park for over a month, to the sea has been successful. This comes 33 days after it was discovered. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the National Institute of Marine Biological Resources, and Busan City released the black shark Bukang-i out of the waterway on the 21st after an approxima…
Bukang-i spotted in waters outside the canal, which are not considered open sea, as authorities hope shark will eventually make way into open waters
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