60,000-Pound Whale Carcass Removed From California Beach
It literally was a whale of a job.
Heraclio Belmontes looks down at the mouth of a massive carcass of a whale at a popular California surfing spot in San Clemente, Calif., on April 26, 2016. Authorities are trying to decide what to do with the massive, rotting carcass. AP photos/Lenny Ignelzi
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.—It literally was a whale of a job.
Crews on Friday finished removing the estimated 60,000-pound carcass of a rotting whale from a Southern California beach.
A contractor working for the state parks department spent two days using an excavator to cut up the 40-foot whale, which was hauled off to a San Diego County landfill.
