BUSAN, Oct 21 (Bernama-Yonhap) – Authorities in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan were set to make a third attempt on Wednesday afternoon to guide a shark back to the open sea after it had spent over a month trapped in a city canal, Yonhap News Agency reported.
World : Busan To Make Third Attempt To Guide Canal-Trapped Shark Back To Sea
South Korea, Busan, shark, canal, open sea
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- A joint rescue team comprising municipal and Coast Guard officials will use a net secured to a pontoon - a flat floating platform - to drive the shark out of the canal at Busan’s North Port, located about 330 kilometres southeast of Seoul.
- After two previous attempts to guide the shark to the open sea failed, officials waited for it to leave the canal on its own.
- During the second rescue attempt, the shark jumped over the net and swam back into the canal.
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