The City of Cape Town successfully removed the carcass of a whale that beached in Bantry Bay.

Authorities believed that dead marine mammal posed a risk to the public.

Decomposing whales could attract sharks, and they also create an awful stench.

Samples will now be taken for research purposes, and the carcass buried in a landfill site.

Gregg Oelofse from the City of Cape Town said before the removal, “It’s going to be difficult. But the particular location of this animal means we’re going to have to take it off by towing it back out to sea.”

“We’re quite lucky because it’s a small whale, a calf, about 6 metres in length so it makes it easier for us.”