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Dead whale and calf on Black Point Beach

ADAM MACINNIS – THE NEWS

Ken Bugden takes a closer look at the dead whale that washed up on Black Point Beach Saturday.

Published on October 16, 2012

The News; Published on October 15, 2012

Topics :: Department of Natural Resources , BLACK POINT

BLACK POINT – An 8.1 metre Minke whale and calf are still on the Black Point Beach where they washed up on shore Saturday.

Nearby resident Bruce Ervin said he saw the dead whale and calf on Saturday afternoon.

Brian Cullen, CAO for the municipality, said it is the municipality's responsibility to remove the whale and it plans to do just that as early as today.

He said the whale will be moved about 700 metres and buried. The municipality is in the process of getting permission from the Department of Natural Resources to get an excavator on the beach. It also must obtain permission from landowners for a right of way to the beach.

Cullen said the whale couldn't be towed back out to sea because it would be considered a navigational hazard.

Ervin said that he and other residents hope that the whale isn't buried on the beach because they're afraid that when a storm comes it'll just wash it up again.

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Clark

- October 17, 2012 at 14:51:26

Why didn't they take the whale to trafalgar and bury it out there? I think there is a law about the size of a carcass that can be put in the landfill site.

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Erin

- October 17, 2012 at 09:03:43

I'm curious about the cause of death? Poor things.

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Brad Mac

- October 16, 2012 at 12:20:49

I am keen to find out why the removal of a whale from a provincial bed and shore area is a municipal responsibility, as indicated by Mr. Cullen. Can the NG News elaborate?

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- Peter
  
  - October 16, 2012 at 14:34:25
  
  Many years ago, government agencies (Municipal, Provincial and Federal) "divvied up" different responsibilities such as dead animal removal. Municipalities were awarded the responsibility for the removal of "deceased marine mammals at or above the ordinary high water mark".

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