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Whale Carcass Washes Ashore In Pacific Palisades
Los Angeles County lifeguards are working with a contractor to remove the 30-foot carcass.
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA — A large whale carcass washed ashore in Pacific Palisades Saturday morning, and it's not pretty.
The carcass washed ashore at about 8:15 a.m. at the Will Rogers State Beach in the Pacific Palisades, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher. The roughly 30-foot whale carcass appears have been ravaged by the elements and little resembles the creature it once was.
Authorities are working to develop a plan to remove the carcass.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors will ``work with a third party contractor to ensure safe and environmentally conscious removal of the carcass," the department's Lifeguard Division said in a statement Saturday morning.
City News Service and Patch staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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