Specialists feed
“little hope”
for the beluga, said Lamya Essemlali, head of Sea Shepherd France. “We are all doubtful about his ability to return to sea”, “even if we” drove “him with a boat, it would be extremely dangerous, if not impossible”. However, “the option of euthanasia has been ruled out for the time being, because at this stage it would be premature,” she noted.
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The beluga still has “energy … it turns its head, it reacts to stimuli,” he explained. But despite rescuers trying to feed her frozen herring and then live trout, she refused the food. “His lack of appetite is definitely a symptom of something else, one
disease
. He is malnourished and this goes back weeks, if not months ago. He no longer ate in the sea, “Essemlali said. Another option that is being considered is to remove the beluga from the water, give it vitamins, investigate the cause of the disease and send it back to the sea to feed.
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