The beluga spotted in the Seine finally located near a lock northwest of Paris

The beluga spotted Tuesday in the Seine was located Thursday, August 4 near a lock, about 70 km northwest of Paris, where the authorities will try to keep it to make observations, announced the prefecture of Eure. The beluga, a protected species of cetacean usually living in cold waters, is found “around Vernon”said the prefecture.

The authorities are calling for caution and asking “the entire population not to attempt to approach or come into contact with the animal to facilitate the work of all State services, mobilized for the preservation of wildlife”. “In order to make the necessary observations and in cooperation with Voies navigables de France, a maneuver maintenance in the lock basin will be carried out in the afternoon” Thursday, continued the prefecture.

At the beginning of June, an orca had been observed in the Seine, between Rouen and Le Havre. The animal was finally found dead and an autopsy favored death by starvation.