France whale: Lost mammal stuck in River Seine to get vitamin boost

French officials desperately trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the River Seine have come up with a new strategy - a vitamin cocktail.

The visibly malnourished mammal was first spotted in the river on Tuesday, around 70km north of Paris. So far rescuers have offered up frozen herring and live trout for the four-metre whale to eat, but a local official in Eure, Isabelle Dorliat-Pouzet, said the animal did not appear to have accepted either.Authorities hope that injecting the stranded animal with vitamins will stimulate its appetite and help it to make the long 160km return journey back up the river and out to the English Channel, where it can swim back to its Arctic habitat.

Officials said on Saturday that small spots had appeared on the whale's skin, but it was not clear yet whether this was a reaction to the fresh water of the River Seine - as opposed to its natural salt water habitat - or a sign of the animal's deteriorating health.

Make sure it doe go near the barbaric FAROE islands

It refused the food that was offered ... My bet is that it has a belly full of plastic. I hope I'm wrong 😕

Why’s it stuck? Did it squeeze through a small hole? Can’t this whale just be towed out into safer waters?

Literally ‘in sane’

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- срочно свяжитесь с русскими учеными д/востока, имеющими опыт транспортировки китов для спасения.

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