Drones used to track mammal in ‘worrying’ health amid struggle to guide it back to Channel
French rescue services, firefighters and biodiversity officials mobilised swiftly and kept a close eye on the whale throughout the day to evaluate the “worrying” health of the mammal, the local prefecture said on Thursday.The whale is “currently between the Poses dam and that of Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne”, about 70km north-west of Paris, it said.
Authorities in Normandy’s Eure department urged people to keep their distance to avoid distressing the animal. “The environment is not very welcoming for the beluga, the Seine is very polluted and cetaceans are extremely sensitive to noise,” she said, adding that the Seine was “very noisy”.In late May, the killer whale – also known as an orca, but technically part of the dolphin family – was found dead in the Seine between Le Havre and Rouen.
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