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Marine Mammal Carcass Disposal Best Practices
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2022
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Description:Every year in the United States, thousands of marine mammals strand dead or strand alive and subsequently die. The Stranding Network does not and cannot respond to every stranded marine mammal, and this Best Practices document is not intended to require the Stranding Network to dispose of every stranded marine mammal carcass. While not all carcasses can or will be disposed of due to a variety of factors (e.g., location, available resources, etc.), when disposal is feasible, it should be conducted properly. There are a variety of methods that can be used to dispose of marine mammal carcasses, but they generally fall into two categories- remain in the environment and remove from the environment. Every method has benefits and drawbacks and no one method is suitable for every stranding situation. Planning for general carcass disposal should be part of normal stranding response planning efforts with disposal methods and facilities pre-identified for normal carcass types encountered. For rare live strandings (e.g., large whales) planning for carcass disposal should begin as soon as the responders determine that the animal will not survive the stranding event or the animal has expired. This document will weigh the benefits and drawbacks of all carcass disposal methods, which can help you make decisions as to the best course of action, given a particular stranding scenario.
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