Hi I am chasing a few opinions on the effects of burying a dead whale on the beach, mainly on whether the carcass will slowly release oil and potentially attract sharks. A baby pilot whale was washed up on my local at casuarina beach and buried about 300m from where I and my three sons surf regularly. I am told that a whale carcass was also buried at Ballina in the same vicinity as the recent attacks.

What are also some other options to dispose of the carcass?