鈥楳iraculous鈥�: Whale beached in Brittany regains the sea
The creature was the third this month to have found itself stuck on a Finist猫re beach
A whale which was beached on the Plage de Plo茅ven in Brittany has regained the sea after a rescue operation running into the night
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A finback whale which was found beached on a Brittany beach yesterday (September 19) has returned to the sea after a rescue operation running into the night.
The 鈥測oung 12-metre-long whale鈥� was beached on the Plage de Plo茅ven in Finist猫re, where it was discovered by walkers yesterday morning.
It was described as being 鈥渏ust thin, without any sign of injury鈥�, according to a volunteer from the R茅seau national d鈥櫭ヽhouages national beaching association.
Firefighters and volunteers from NGO Sea Shepherd worked to create a channel of water around it, the departmental prefecture said, and this morning, Sea Shepherd announced that these efforts had worked.
鈥淢iraculous! The rorqual has gone! Some said that it was dying, a lost cause, that the tide was too low, we helped it and it understood! It put all its energy into returning [to the water] and managed it with our help, it was wonderful!鈥�
Third beached whale in Finist猫re this month
This whale was the third cetacean to have been beached in Finist猫re since the start of September.
A first was found on the Ile de Sein on September 2, and a second was discovered on the Plage de Tr茅guennec on September 10. Both of these animals 鈥� which were said to be very thin 鈥� died.
The whale that has managed to return to the sea had been in the bay for at least three weeks, and had been spotted on several occasions, according to the local mairie.
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