Rotting whale will be removed from N.S. beach amid fears it could explode
Posted Nov 24, 2016 12:17:11 PM.
Last Updated Nov 24, 2016 12:40:46 PM.
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TRACADIE, N.S. -The Nova Scotia Natural Resources Department has relented and buried a foul-smelling whale carcass that was on a beach on Tracadie Island.
Gary Mattie, a councillor in Antigonish County, had been trying to get the whale removed since a woman on Tracadie Island found it on the shore.
He says officials with the department told him it couldn’t be removed because it’s in a protected area and machinery couldn’t be brought onto the beach.
Mattie said he was concerned methane gas produced during decomposition could cause the whale to blow up unexpectedly.
He also says the foul odour the carcass is giving off could attract other animals to the area.
But the department now says disposal was appropriate the whale was buried.
