MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Mossel Bay municipal officials will remove the carcass of a whale that washed ashore at Hersham Beach near Glentana on Monday, 6 February.
The carcass is badly decomposed and was first spotted in the water near The Point in Mossel Bay over the weekend.
The spokesperson for the Stranded Marine Animal Rescue Team (S.M.A.R.T.), Val Marsh, says the team has been keeping an eye on the carcass and the team is now at the beach in Hersham.
“The beach is closed and we are waiting for the carcass to be removed.” Marsh says the carcass is too decomposed to make a positive identification of the type of whale.
She says it is large.
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