RENNES, France — French authorities were preparing Saturday to give vitamins to a beluga whale that swam way up the Seine river, as they raced to save the malnourished creature, which has so far refused food. The visibly underweight whale was first spotted Tuesday in the river that flows through Paris to the English Channel. On Saturday it had made its way to around 70 kilometers (44 miles) north of the French capital. It is hoped that injecting the animal with vitamins will stimulate its appetite, she said. It is only the second recorded sighting of a beluga in a French river since 1948, when a fisherman in the estuary of the Loire river found one in his nets.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 07, 2022 08:58 UTC