Unfortunately, he did not survive. The beluga, which had been discovered more than a week ago in the Seine, had to be euthanized during its transfer from a lock in the Eure to the port of Ouistreham (Calvados), announced the prefecture of the Normandy department. . “Despite an unprecedented beluga rescue operation, we are sad to announce the death of the cetacean,” announced the Calvados prefecture on twitter, stating that it was euthanized.
Leaving the Seine after a perilous operation which lasted all night, the beluga had been placed in the back of a truck which took the road to Ouistreham (Calvados) at dawn, the next stage in the race against the watch to try to save this cetacean in an “alarming” state of health. Upon its arrival in Calvados, the animal weighing around 800 kg had to be installed in a seawater lock where it was to stay for several days before being released into the open sea.