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Three-metre dusky shark Bukangi keeps returning to canal despite rescue efforts
Updated On: 23 October, 2026 08:46 AM IST | Seoul | Agencies
After it broke through barriers rescuers had installed, it re-entered the waterway on Thursday, briefly getting trapped. The shark was freed again by rescuers.
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South Korean officials guide the shark back to the sea on Wednesday. PIC/AFP
Bukangi, the famed 3-metre dusky shark in Busan, South Korea, remains lingering near a canal despite a successful eight-hour rescue operation to guide it into open sea on Wednesday.
After it broke through barriers rescuers had installed, it re-entered the waterway on Thursday, briefly getting trapped. The shark was freed again by rescuers.


