Europe 1 with AFP 10:13 p.m., August 09, 2022

The prefecture of Eure announced that the operation to extract the beluga, lost for a week in the Seine and held since Friday in a lock in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, began Tuesday shortly before 10 p.m.

The operation to extract the beluga, lost for a week in the Seine and held since Friday in a lock in Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne, began Tuesday shortly before 10 p.m., announced the prefecture of Eure.

The 24 divers from the gendarmerie and firefighters gave a final briefing before heading to the lock to try to extract the beluga, which must then be transported by truck to Ouistreham (Calvados), noted a journalist from the AFP.

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