THE decaying body of a 50 foot whale is causing serious problems for residents of Maria’s Lodge, Suddie and Johanna Cecelia on the Essequibo Coast.According to reports, the large dead mammal, which washed ashore at Maria’s Lodge Sunday afternoon, attracted a large crowd despite its bad smell. There was a traffic build up on the public road as everybody rushed to the sea wall to get a glimpse of the dead whale.
Reports said the Region 2 Administration, along with the Public Health Department, is currently making arrangements to bury the body of the whale. Senior Environmental Officer, Ms. Saleena Baksh said the whale is in a far stage of decomposition.
(Rajendra Prabhulall in  Essequibo)