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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Tong-Hyung

A city in South Korea seeks new ways to free a huge gray shark after it slips back into canal

South Korea Shark - (Cha Keun-ho/YONHAP via AP)

A city in South Korea is trying on Thursday to come up with a new way to free a huge dusky shark out of a narrow canal. Workers in the port city of Busan had herded the shark, nicknamed Bukangi, out of the canal the day before, after weeks of trial and error — only for it to swim right back in hours later.

Now Busan authorities and the country's Oceans and Fisheries Ministry are determined to guide Bukangi back to open water, saying it is critical for the shark’s safety and health.

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