It's been a week since a beluga was observed in the Seine.
If his condition seemed stable on Tuesday, his extraction will be "out of the ordinary" told AFP a member of the Marineland team in Antibes.
Held more than 130 kilometers from the sea, the 800 kg beluga will have to "be transported by hand", indicated Isabelle Brasseur.
This member of the Marineland team in Antibes specifies that the banks of the Seine "are not accessible to vehicles" at this location.
The priority, put the beluga back in the sea
The beluga will therefore be transported by road to an unspecified location.
For the specialist, “the priority is to put it back in seawater”.
The animal would be deposited for a few days in a seawater lock, the time to be treated, before being taken offshore to be released there.
Isabelle Brasseur argued that Marineland had in the past ensured the extraction and transport of larger animals, such as an orca born in Antibes and transported to the United States.
We therefore hope that this story ends in the best possible way.
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