Environmentalists will try to move a dangerously thin beluga whale that strayed into the Seine River to a saltwater river basin Tuesday.
The mammal, measuring four metres , will be transported there for “a period of care” by medics who suspect the mammal is sick and in a race against the clock, said Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France.While it wasn’t immediately clear how environmentalists would be able to transfer the whale to the river basin, French media said they might use a barge and then a truck.
While the move “has a risk factor because it’s stressful” for the animal, it can’t survive much longer in the Seine’s fresh water, the group said. Essemlali said that the medical surveillance at the saltwater river basin will help establish whether the mammal “is suffering from something we can help it with, or from an incurable illness.”Article content
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