A 30 tonne dead whale washes up on a remote beach, why is there always a big drama with local authorities? Why not just let it decompose and get eaten and washed away by the tide?

Question

Another one today…and they are lifting it away to a landfill waste refuge site.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-56515194

In: Biology

Answer 1

Because 30 tons of rotting meat is a stench that travels for *miles*. It also tends to attract a lot of vermin and cause booms in the local rat population.