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‘We are sad to announce the death of the cetacean,’ say local officials

The animal will be driven to a sea port in a refigerated truck

Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne (France) (AFP) - A beluga whale stranded in the Seine river in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early Wednesday in a risky rescue operation, but officials warned it was in poor health.

A beluga whale which had strayed into the River Seine has died despite attempts to rescue it on Wednesday morning.

A beluga whale stranded for days in the Seine River has been removed from the French waterway in preparation for a return to saltwater in hopes of saving its life

The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France for a week was removed from the water on Wednesday morning in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation.

The beluga whale which was lifted out of the River Seine earlier on Wednesday has died, despite the mission to save it, according to local authorities.

A whale stranded for several days in the Seine has died, French authorities said.

Experts have pulled the 1,800lb whale from the Seine and hope to transport it via a refrigerated truck to a saltwater river basin where it will receive medical treatment

Saint-Pierre-la-Garenne (France) (AFP) - A beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France for more than a week was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation to return it to the sea.

The beluga whale stranded in the river Seine in northern France was removed from the water early Wednesday in the first stage of an ambitious rescue operation, an AFP journalist said. After nearly six hours of work, the 800-kilogram (1,800-pound) cetacean was lifted from the river by a net and…