How does sea world dispose of dead whales?

Every animal that dies at SeaWorld first undergoes a necropsy. In many cases parts of or all of the skeletons are kept or donated for educational displays. No part of the bodies are fed to other animals as this would risk spreading disease, creating antibiotic resistant bacteria or poisoning if the dead animal was euthanized. read more

Last week, a dead humpback whale washed ashore on Jones Beach in New York, prompting a flurry of attention from news choppers and spectators - including the father of Discovery News Earth producer Michael Reilly, who took the photograph above, of researchers conducting a necropsy. read more

When it comes time to dispose of the body, large animals like whales will probably have to be dismantled into smaller pieces. These pieces are usually sent to a crematorium for the animal to be cremated. read more