The president of the association considers the death of the cetacean as a “trigger that opens the awareness of the general public to the fate of the ocean”.
The death of the beluga found in the Seine is that of a “representative and an ambassador of its fragile and threatened species” deplores Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Sheperd France, on france info Wednesday August 10. During its transfer to a basin in Ouistreham, the animal was euthanized on Wednesday morning, which the NGO regrets even if it rather considers the event as a “trigger which opens the conscience of the general public on the fate of the ocean”.
franceinfo: What do you remember from the mobilization for this animal?
Lamya Essemlali: In my opinion, this animal crystallizes a lot of things. The objective, there, was not necessarily to preserve the species, it is an old individual. But he was a representative and an ambassador of his fragile and threatened species, in agony. What is happening with this beluga whale and what happened with the killer whale a few weeks ago are triggers that open the consciousness of the general public to the fate of the ocean.
“If we manage to be so moved by the fate of a single individual, this must necessarily challenge us to the fate of the thousands of others who die as a result of human activities, far from sight and…