REMOVING a 4m whale carcass from Claytons Beach in Mindarie yesterday cost the City of Wanneroo $4000.
Assets director Harminder Singh said the City, as land manager, was responsible for removing whale carcasses that washed up in populated parts of its coastline.
“Officers removed a 4m whale carcass from the rocks at Claytons Beach in Mindarie on the afternoon of August 7,” he said.
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READ NOW“The cost of whale removal varies depending on the size of the whale, the hire rate of machinery involved, tipping fees and cleaning – in this instance, the removal cost approximately $4000.”
A Department of Primary Industries spokesman said the carcass was taken to the Tamala Park waste disposal facility, where there are about a dozen whales buried in a section designated for animal carcasses.