Problems of disposal of dead marine mammals
Stede, M.
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 104(7): 245-247
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-6593 PMID: 9312471 Document Number: 473141
Feasibilities and limits to dispose stranded large whales and the risk of the staff during the salvage and dissection of these animals are described here. The influence on the environment by leaving large marine mammals in the place of stranding are exemplary discussed in connection with the accumulation of toxins of Clostridium botulinum in the food chain as a source of danger for water fowls of the coastal region. Therefore carcasses of whales must be removed from the shore after their stranding. Under special circumstances the carcasses could be lowered into a dune.