French marine experts pulled beluga whales whales from the Seine River to keep them alive.
The malnourished and underweight mammal made its way up the river last week. Experts are returning this animal to theocean to save its life.
The 13-foot whale is taken to a saltwater river basin where it is treated by medical personnel.
Rescuers used nets and cranes to pull the whales out of the river early in the morning. rice field.
Image:
AFP via Getty Images)Whales may eventually be released back into the sea if treatment in river basins is successful.
A marine expert is about to transfer the 1,800-pound whale to a river basin in a refrigerated truck.
Beluga whales were first seen in the Seine last week. Traveling whales is risky, but Shihis Shepherd, who is involved in the rescue effort, says that in the warm, unsalted waters of the river, the whales could not have survived much longer.
"By moving them to saltwater pools, we will be able to better monitor them and try to treat them," said Lamuya, Sea Shepherd's Essemurali president of France, of weakened beluga whales. Told.
Image:
Reuters)Trying to feed beluga whales and live trout. Attempts to do so were unsuccessful, and rescuers said the beluga was ill, but local authorities said it showed signs of improvement after taking a mixture of vitamins and antibiotics.
} "That's what's really important. It's about determining if it can cure what it's suffering from.
It's a necessary step before releasing it into the ocean," Ms Essemurali told Reuters.
The beluga whale had swam almost halfway through Paris before local authorities locked it up in a large lock system.
It was unclear why the whales were so far removed from their natural habitat.
In late May, after a seriously ill killer whale swam dozens of miles up the Seine and unsuccessfully tried to return it to the sea, she died of natural causes.
In September 2018, beluga whales were sighted for several days in the River Thames near Gravesend, east London, which at the time was the most southerly sighting of beluga whales on the English coast.
Read More
Read More
