Toronto
Museum Dissects Beached Whale Carcass, Budget Constraints Pose Problem
A
Toronto museum's plans to dissect
two blue-whale carcasses found in Newfoundland are under review due to mounting costs.
Working with
Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Royal Ontario
Museum and local residents began transporting one
Beached Whale that washed ashore near Trout River to the adjacent town of Woody Point last Thursday,
according to The Telegram. There, the team began dissecting it
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The
ROM initially offered to help remove up to two of the three blue-whale carcasses that washed up on the shore of Newfoundland's west coast for their
Museum collection. However, Mark Engstrom, the ROM's deputy director of collections and research, said there may **t be e**ugh money to handle both carcasses.
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