WA news LIVE: Whale carcass to be removed from City Beach today

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South City Beach in Western Australia will be closed again today as specialists use heavy machinery to remove a 31-tonne whale carcass that has been on the shore for over two days. Yesterday, fisheries officers caught and tagged two great white sharks near the beach due to the presence of the whale. The removal operation is scheduled to begin at around 10am and will involve an excavator and other heavy equipment to transport the carcass to a landfill site.

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A 13-metre humpback whale carcass washed up on south City Beach in Perth early Monday morning, attracting several great white sharks, including one measuring over 5 metres, prompting authorities to issue multiple shark warnings and close the beach. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development warned that the carcass could continue to attract sharks for weeks. Local surf lifesavers spotted the whale around 7:30 AM, and a helicopter reported seeing five-metre and four-metre white sharks circling near Swanbourne, just south of City Beach by late morning. The Town of Cambridge is managing the removal, which began Wednesday afternoon using heavy machinery, an excavator, and a truck at an estimated cost between $60,000 and $100,000, with disposal planned for Perth tips like Tamala Park or Baldivis.

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South City Beach will be closed again today as authorities begin the mammoth operation of trying to remove a 31-tonne whale carcass. asserted

authorities → close → carcass

Opportunistic drum lines are also likely to be dropped again by Fisheries officers after two great white sharks, lured close to shore by the carcass, were caught, tagged and released yesterday. asserted

sharks → drop → carcass

The Town of Cambridge will bring in specialist crews, an excavator and heavy machinery to scoop the carcass up, and transport it to the tip. asserted

Town → bring → tip

The efforts are expected to start at around 10am today, more than two days since the beaching, which is attracting great white sharks, some five metres long, to the shoreline. asserted

which → expect → shoreline

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