A sad news: 6-tonne whale washes up on beach Cianjur

A sad news: 6-tonne whale washes up on beach Cianjur

Oh sad news; What happened in Cianjur district. West Java Province? Pope fish weighing about 6 tons. Were found dead washed up on the south coast Cianjur. West Java Province, Thursday today.

In a short time nothing was left in the whale meat. Local residents and people who come to see the whale, helped cut the whale meat to take home and eat. Similarly, according to locals.

Furthermore, it says, by locals. Possible Whales were killed by poachers.

Jakarta, September 6, 2012/Tasch

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6-tonne whale washes up on Cianjur beach

Cianjur (ANTARA News) - A dead whale weighing about 6 tonnes washed ashore in the southern coast of Cianjur district, West Java province on Thursday.

"A lot of people arrived to see the whale and later started cutting its meat for consumption. Within a few minutes, there was no meat left on the whale`s body," said Muzakir, a local rural official.

Local security guards could not stop the large number of people from cutting the whale into pieces.

"There were not only local villagers but also inhabitants from neighbouring villages who had come on cars and motorbikes," Muzakir noted.

Jamal, a 32-year-old village man from Sindangbarang, which is situated about 50 kilometres from the beach where the whale was stranded, said he had come to get a piece of whale meat.

"Apart from my curiosity, I came here hoping to get a piece of the whale`s meat. Last year, I had done the same thing and I found that whale meat was good for my stamina," he explained.

Meanwhile, Rahmat, a 45-year-old fisherman from the same village, said the 10-metre-long whale was most likely killed after being shot by a poacher.

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