An unusual battle is underway to save a preserved Great White Shark at an abandoned wildlife park in Gippsland, Victoria.

Preserved in formaldehyde, the five-metre shark named Rosie called the abandoned Wildlife Wonderland home for more than twenty years.

But since November, Rosie has attracted the wrong kind of attention; trespassing escalated after Urban Explorer Luke McPherson posted a video on YouTube, recording 11 million hits.

'Rosie' has become an internet sensation. (Nine/Supplied)

Mr McPherson told 9News he didn’t anticipate the video would go viral.

“I was expecting to get a couple of thousand views,” he said.

Mr McPherson has joined nearby residents calling for people to stop breaking in to the park.

The shark has been stored in formaldehyde for decades. (Nine/Supplied)

“We hear a lot of glass smashing, people throw stones at boards and try to get in with bolt cutters and sledge hammers,” resident Carola Adolf said..

Ms Adolf said sometimes more than fifty cars line the street, with some groups smashing the glass of Rosie's tank, causing toxic chemical leaks.

Police said they're called to the location at least four times a shift.

“A majority of (the trespassers) are young people, but I'm getting people in their 50s and 60s coming down here,” Sergeant Bruce Kent said.

Police said they are called to the park multiple times every shift. (Nine/Supplied)

However, the surge of anti-social behaviour could soon come to an end, with confirmation this afternoon that Rosie has been bought by Crystal World.

It plans to exhibit the shark at its Devon Meadows site, saying the purchase is a direct response to everything that has happened since November.

“We saw her on social media we went yes we've got to save her because we can't leave her as is,” Sharon Williamson from Crystal World said.

Residents are calling for people to stop breaking into the park. (Nine/Supplied)