“It would be a humpback whale” according to the Seine-Maritime prefecture, which confirms the presence of a cetacean in the Seine. A protected species which can be observed off the Normandy coast but whose presence is “fairly uncommon locally”. A monitoring system has been launched.
Does not show incapacity
According to the images studied, the animal “swims normally, even quite quickly, and shows no incapacity” details the prefecture, which brought together local actors and members of the marine mammals in distress working group set up by the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Don’t go near it
A navigation notice urging caution was also issued by the Rouen port captaincy. The authorities are asking to do not attempt to approach the animal “for the safety of the cetacean and that of people”. We hope for this cetacean a less disastrous fate than the orca, the whale and then the beluga recently lost in the river.
The town hall supports Paul Watson
Coincidence -obviously- of the calendar. It is this Wednesday October 16 that the town hall of Rouen publicly showed its support for Paul Watson, by deploying a tarpaulin on the front of the town hall : this Canadian environmental activist and founder of the association “Sea Shepherd” is currently imprisoned in Greenland for opposing a whaler during a whaling hunt.
