A shark became trapped in a narrow city canal in Busan, South Korea, in late September 2026, apparently after following prey from the sea. Around 600,000 people came to the waterfront park, which normally draws about 2,000 on holidays, and the city named it an honorary publicity ambassador, Shawfluencer. Boat-and-water-jet and net-based attempts to flush it out failed. A third rescue attempt, coordinated by 10 agencies, succeeded after eight hours, guiding the animal, identified as a dusky shark rather than a bronze whaler, out of the canal into open harbour water.