The beluga in the Seine continues not to eat – BFMTV

The animal, which usually lives in cold waters, is the second beluga spotted in France. It continues to be subject to increased surveillance by associations and state services. A beluga, a cetacean whose presence in the Seine is exceptional, still continued not to eat this Saturday, while he has been in a lock since Friday located 70 km from Paris, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from the Eure prefecture. “There is no food from him, he is still evolving at Notre-Dame de la Garenne,” the prefecture told AFP on Saturday morning. “It is still subject to state surveillance and relevant associations,” added the prefecture. The lock, which is about 200 m long, is closed and prohibited to navigation until further notice. order. According to the Pelagis observatory, a specialist in marine mammals, this is the second beluga known in France after a fisherman from the Loire estuary had brought one up in his nets in 1948. A fin whale and an orca in troubleThe beluga, which measures about 4 meters in adulthood, is a protected species of cetacean usually living in cold waters. In early July, Sea Shepherd announced that it had observed a cetacean presented as a rorqual in the Le Havre estuary. In May, an orca found itself in difficulty in the Seine between Rouen and Le Havre. The operations to try to save the cetacean had failed and the animal had finally died of starvation.