Will the beluga spotted in the Seine on Tuesday be saved?
This is the question that is on everyone's lips this Monday, while his condition worries the ocean defense NGO Sea Shepherd.
We do not observe “no deterioration in his condition.
He remains alert but still does not eat,” Sea Shepherd France president Lamya Essemlali told AFP.
“Around 4 am he rubbed himself for 30 minutes on the walls of the lock and got rid of the stains that had appeared on his back.
Antibiotics could also help, ”also indicates the Twitter account of the NGO.
A beluga in the Loire in 1948
The cetacean, accustomed to cold waters and whose presence in this river is exceptional, is still in the lock of Saint-Pierre-La-Garenne, in the Eure.
Several attempts to feed the animal, "very thin" according to the prefecture, have been made in recent days but without success for the moment, day by day reducing its chances of survival.
In addition, a prolonged stay in the water of the lock, which is warm and stagnant compared to its usual aquatic environment, is detrimental to its state of health.
Among the conceivable hypotheses are an extraction or opening of the lock with the hope that he will return to the English Channel.
According to the Pelagis observatory, a specialist in marine mammals, this is the second beluga known in France after a fisherman from the Loire estuary had brought one up in his nets in 1948.
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