Ailing whale stuck in French river died: Sea Shepherd

PARIS

: The ailing killer whale adrift in the River Seine was found dead on Monday, campaign group

Sea Shepherd

said, after a plan to guide it back to sea failed and scientists concluded it was in agonising pain and terminally ill.

The 4-metre (13-foot) orca, identified as a male, was first spotted at the mouth of the Seine on May 16 between the port of

Le Havre

and the town of

Honfleur

in

Normandy

, before it swam dozens of miles upstream to reach west of the city of Rouen.