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A 13-metre humpback whale carcass that washed up at City Beach in Perth has been hoisted from the shore by a 72-tonne crane after an earlier attempt with an excavator failed. The operation, which cost 100,000 dollars and is being covered by the Town of Cambridge, took place more than three days after the initial stranding. During the removal process, a tagged white shark was detected nearby, adding to the concerns that had prompted the urgent extraction of the decomposing marine mammal from the coastline.
The whale carcass was hoisted by the crane this morning to remove it from the beach. A huge humpback whale that washed up at Perth’s City Beach on Monday is finally being removed from the shoreline, more than three days after attracting large crowds – and circling sharks.
A 72-tonne crane hired by the Town of Cambridge began lifting the 13-metre long, decomposing carcass at about 10am today. Contractors spent all day at the beach yesterday preparing to move the whale, but the excavator hired for the job was not strong enough to shift the mammal, which initially weighed 31 tonnes. It was instead wrapped in a net and dragged 1.5 kilometres along the shore to the surf club, where it remained overnight.
As the $100,000 operation continued, a tagged white shark was detected this morning about four kilometres up the coast in Scarborough. According to the state government's SharkSmart website, the predator was detected six times between 5:55am and 7:17am this morning. ABC News: Lucy Murray"It'll be lifted up, it'll be laid on the truck and then sent to landfill," he told 102.5 ABC Perth.
Mr Mack has not ruled out asking the state government to foot the bill, but said the Town of Cambridge was planning to pay for the whale's removal. Yesterday, the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development shared underwater footage on social media of a shark its staff had tagged in the area.
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