beluga whale

Stranded for days in the French river, the whale will be returned to saltwater in the hope of saving its life.

Rescuers agttempting to save an undernourished beluga whale which swam up the River Seine towards Paris before being blocked between two locks say they have little hope for its survival after the cetacean, apparently ill, continued to refuse food.

Officials are puzzled as to why an apparently underwheight beluga whale, a species normally found in cold Arctic waters, is swimming up the River Seine towards the French capital, while environmentalists ponder on how to guide the cetacean back out to sea.