Singer Pomme Releases Song for Belugas

Worldwide, there are several populations of belugas, the majority of which inhabit circumpolar regions, i.e. the Arctic Ocean. However, a tiny population resides in the waters of the St. Lawrence in Quebec, hundreds of kilometres farther south than any other beluga population. Ever since the ban on whaling which heavily targeted the St. Lawrence beluga, this population has had to cope with an industrialization of its ecosystem, an increase in shipping traffic and pleasure boating and the increasingly tangible effects of climate change. Fortunately, research groups as well as citizen and environmental groups are actively working with decision-making bodies to better understand belugas in order to better protect them.

This is the second time Pomme has chosen to lend a hand to belugas. In January 2021, she contributed to the collective adoption of the beluga Bubulle with the royalties generated by her song “Les Animaux sont nos amis”, written with children in the Carleton-sur-Mer region in the Gaspé Peninsula. Adopting a beluga is a generous philanthropic gesture that matches individuals and organizations with a beluga known to GREMM and its team. The sponsors then receive news about their beluga and the work being carried out by GREMM to protect them.

So let’s listen to “À perte de vue” again and again for the belugas, and for fun!

Pomme sings “If I only knew how to save the giants / from our hands that slaughter them as far as the eye can see.” Do you ever wonder the same thing? Great news! There are a number of simple actions that are easy to incorporate into one’s life to help the environment and the beluga’s chances of survival. Together, we can work to ensure that the belugas of the St. Lawrence never disappear.