The orca, spotted for the first time on May 16 near the Pont de Normandie, between Honfleur and Le Havre, was found dead of hunger and fatigue at the end of May. A bullet had been discovered at the base of his skull.
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Who is the shooter? While a bullet was found at the base of the skull of the orca who died of starvation at the end of May in the Seine, Le Parisien (article reserved for subscribers) announcement, Sunday July 17, that the Sea Shepherd France association offers “a reward of 10,000 euros for information that may lead to the identification and prosecution of the perpetrator of these facts”. The latter had already announced its intention to file a “complaint against X for attempted destruction of a protected species”.
The orca, spotted for the first time on May 16 near the Pont de Normandie, between Honfleur and Le Havre, was found dead at the end of May despite multiple efforts to try to help him. A group of experts in charge of monitoring the animal had been created, and it had decided to euthanize it after the failure of operations to guide it towards the sea, in particular by means of underwater sound stimuli.