Europe 1 with AFP 10:12 a.m., September 20, 2022
The whale that was stranded on a beach in Ploéven on Monday was able to go back to sea overnight following a rescue operation, we learned from the Finistère prefecture on Tuesday.
A "miraculous" rescue carried out by firefighters and volunteers from the Sea Shepherd association.
The whale that was stranded on a beach in Ploéven on Monday was able to go back to sea overnight following a rescue operation, we learned from the Finistère prefecture on Tuesday.
Monitored by firefighters and volunteers from the Sea Shepherd association, this whale, the third whale to run aground on the coast of Finistère in three weeks, "was able to take advantage of the basin and the channel" dug in the sand to regain the sea, according to the office of the prefect.
Miraculous!!!
The whale is gone!!
Some said he was dying, lost, tide too low, we helped him and he understood!
He put all his energy into getting back on track and with our help, he got there, it was magnificent!!
— Sea Shepherd France (@SeaShepherdFran) September 19, 2022
A "miraculous rescue, the whale has left" could we read on the Twitter account of Sea Shepherd France in the night, "we helped him and he understood it! He put all his energy to leave and with our help, he did it, it was wonderful!".
The last chance operation to help the whale go back to the sea. Still 4 hours before the peak of the tide where we will try everything with the help of the firefighters pic.twitter.com/2SixZ2rJvU
— Sea Shepherd France (@SeaShepherdFran) September 19, 2022
Discovered Monday morning by walkers, this "young 12-meter whale" was "just thin, with no sign of injury", Bernard Martin, a volunteer with the National Stranding Network (RNE), described to AFP on Monday.
The #rorqual would have arrived in the night.
These photos were taken early in the morning.
At present it is semi submerged but still silted up to start again on its own.
An attempt at towing will be made by the SNSM.
pic.twitter.com/FzFUFjNBws
— Sea Shepherd France (@SeaShepherdFran) September 19, 2022
It was the third cetacean stranded on a beach in Finistère since the beginning of September, after a discovery on the island of Sein on September 2 and another on a beach in Tréguennec in the bay of Audierne on the 10th. there died.
These cetaceans can die in particular of collision with a ship, of diseases or by absorbing plastic waste or polluting products.