A beluga whale which has been stuck for days in France's River Seine, far from the arctic or subarctic waters where it normally lives, will be moved to a saltwater tank on Tuesday for checks and care, an organisation involved in its rescue said.
The beluga, which strayed into the Seine last week and swam nearly halfway to Paris, had been confined in a ship's lock, where it has received vitamins and antibiotics over the weekend but has failed to eat, the non-governmental organisation Sea Shepherd France has said.
In the saltwater tank, the whale "will be monitored and get help, with the hope that what it suffers from can be cured," it said. "It will then be released in the sea with, we hope, better chances of survival."
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