INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
French environmentalists are working around the clock to try to feed a dangerously thin Beluga whale that has strayed into the Seine
River. So far, they have been unsuccessful, AP reported.Marine conservation group Sea Shepherd France tweeted Saturday that &our teams took
turns with the Beluga all night long
It always ignores the fish offered to him.&The lost Beluga was first seen in France&s river, far from its Arctic habitat, earlier this week
Drone footage subsequently shot by French fire services showed the whale gently meandering in a stretch of the river&s light green waters
between Paris and the Normandy city of Rouen, many dozens of kilometers inland from the sea.Conservationists have tried since Friday to feed
a catch of herring to the ethereal white mammal
Calling it &a race against the clock,& Sea Shepherd fears the whale is slowly starving in the waterway and could die.Authorities in the
l&Eure region said in a Friday night statement that the wild animal has a &fleeing behavior vis-a-vis the boats& and has not responded to
attempts to guide it to safer waters.The people trying to help the whale are being as unobtrusive as possible to &avoid stress that could
aggravate his state of health,& according to the statement.The post Beluga whale caught in France&s Seine not accepting food first appeared
