Officials have banned locals from inspecting a dead whale due to the "possibility" it may be carrying viruses. The grim discovery was made by jogger Simon Tilley on a beach on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall on Tuesday.
He told CornwallLive: “I thought, is that really a whale? It’s been injured – hit possibly by a boat’s propeller. “I’m not sure how it’s come here, but we’ve had some really rough weather recently.” The whale, which is starting to decompose, was reported to the Marine Strandings Network, which has chosen not to visit the site due to the coronavirus restrictions.
Spokeswoman Ruth Williams, who said the network has been in contact with the National Trust, added: “It’s very decomposed and we would not encourage people to