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Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over…

Bukangi, named for the waterfront park where she is stuck, has drawn nearly 1.4 million views online; conservationists are watching, and the canal is not a sea.

On air: Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 11:20 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

Photo: by lwy · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

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First reported by Mongabay: “Celebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 11:20 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Gloria Vance and Dale Bearman.

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MongabayCelebrity shark trapped in South Korean canal stirs concerns over warming seas

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Busan, South Korea, a shark named Bukangi has spent weeks in a shallow city canal between office towers and a ferry port, and scientists link her trouble to warming seas.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThousands of fans and a park named after her. She's better known than most of our Senate.

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