While the sea mammal was successfully lifted out of the river, experts knew he was in poor condition to make the rest of the trip back to sea.
in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early Wednesday in a risky rescue operation, but officials said the animal died as it was driven in a refrigerated truck back toward the coast.
The beluga, a protected species usually found in cold Arctic waters, was then given a health check and driven in a refrigerated truck toward the coastal town of Ouistreham. The 13-foot whale was spotted more than a week ago heading toward Paris and was stranded about 81 miles inland from the Channel at Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne in Normandy.
Veterinarians take care of a beluga whale that was stranded in the Seine river at Notre Dame de la-Garenne, northern France, August 9, 2022."He is a male, that he is very underweight and that he has a few sores," she said. "It could be that he dies now, during the handling, during the journey or at point B," in Ouistreham, she told AFP on Tuesday before the animal was loaded carefully into the truck.
Interest in the beluga's fate had spread far beyond France, generating a large influx of financial donations and other aid from conservation groups as well as individuals, officials said.
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