Disturbing sight as huge 12-metre humpback whale that washed up dead on a beach is hauled away by local towing company
Disturbing sight as huge 12-metre humpback whale that washed up dead on a beach is hauled away by local towing company A small town's local towing company was tasked with the disturbing job of hauling away an 18-tonne dead humpback whale that was discovered half-buried on the beach. Clayton's Towing shared photos from the challenging job on Wednesday after the whale had to be dug out of Inskip Point beach, near Rainbow Beach in's Wide Bay region, and winched onto the back of a tow truck. The whale was reported to authorities earlier in the week with beachgoers urged to stay away in case the animal was carrying disease. The Queensland environment department enlisted the help of Clayton's Towing and was able to move and bury the whale on Wednesday. The body of a 12-metre humpback whale (above) was found on Inskip Beach in Queensland's Wide Bay region Local company Clayton's Towing was tasked with moving the whale's body from the beach (above) after aut...