{
  "id": 11617211,
  "title": "Shark returns to canal a day after 2nd rescue attempt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/shark-returns-to-canal-a-day-after-2nd-rescue-attempt-11617211",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T06:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/environment-animals/20261003/shark-returns-to-canal-a-day-after-2nd-rescue-attempt"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A shark named Bukang-i, which had been trapped in a canal in Busan, South Korea, returned to the waterway on Saturday, one day after authorities successfully guided it closer to the canal's outlet to the open sea. The shark crossed the 50-meter-long, 6.8-meter-high net installed by a joint rescue team the previous day and re-entered the canal around noon, according to officials. The rescue team, consisting of city and Coast Guard officials, had set up the net as part of an operation to escort the shark out of the canal in Busan's North Port on Friday. However, the net became entangled with the canal's bottom, and the shark showed no inclination to move out, prompting the authorities to halt the rescue operation and relocate the net approximately 100 meters from the canal exit. This incident marked the second attempt to rescue the shark, following an initial effort on Tuesday that involved water streams without the net, which failed as the shark repeatedly escaped by swimming behind boats. Bukang-i, a portmanteau of Bukhang, or North Port, and the Korean suffix i, had garnered attention due to the rescue efforts.",
  "summary": "A shark trapped in a canal in the southeastern city of Busan has returned to the waterway a day after authorities managed to guide it to near the canal's outlet to the open sea, officials said Saturday. The shark, named \"Bukang-i,\" crossed the 50-meter-long, 6.8-meter-high net installed by a joint rescue team the previous day and returned to the inside of the canal at around noon, according to…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Shark returns to canal a day after 2nd rescue attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/shark-returns-to-canal-a-day-after-2nd-rescue-attempt",
        "published": "2026-10-03T05:27:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Shark returns to canal a day after 2nd rescue attempt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/shark-returns-to-canal-a-day-after-2nd-rescue-attempt-11613517",
        "published": "2026-10-03T05:57:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}