The ailing killer whale adrift in the River Seine was found dead on Monday, campaign group Sea Shepherd said, after a plan to guide it back to sea failed and scientists concluded it was in agonising pain and terminally ill.
Scientists concluded over the weekend that the 4-metre killer whale was terminally ill and likely suffering from mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection.During an attempt on Saturday to lure the whale back out to sea with a drone emitting orca sounds, the animal behaved incoherently and emitted distress calls, local officials said.
By Monday, it resembled nothing more than "a ghost of an orca", Essemlali said, and it died before any attempt at euthanization could be made. The whale's body will be moved to the shore of the river and an autopsy will be conducted, local officials said in a statement. The orca was first spotted at the mouth of the Seine on May 16 between the port of Le Havre and the town of Honfleur in Normandy, before it swam miles upstream west of the city of Rouen.Reporting by Juliette Jabkhiro, editing by Tassilo Hummel Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Bernadette BaumSubscribe to our sustainability newsletter to make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments.
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