A whale washed ashore in Albufeira has run aground again on a beach in Silves.

The whale, washed ashore in Albufeira on Sunday and later returned to the sea by the force of the tide, ran aground again on the beach in Silves this Monday and was removed from the site, said Portimão Harbor Master.

A dead cetacean ran aground around 6:30 p.m. Sunday on Salgados Beach in Albufeira, Algarve, but authorities failed to arrive in time to prevent the animal from being dragged back into the sea with a body bearing it The same source added that the fair ran aground on Monday on Praia Grande Nacente in Armacão de Pera, municipality of Silves.

Portimão Harbor Master said the animal was discovered on Monday by “NCIS picket agents” and “municipal services”. [de Silves] were warned and proceeded to remove the whale at 13:00.

“The entity responsible for the dead dumps has also been informed and is sent to the dump to investigate,” added Rodrigo González dos Pacos, referring to the work typically done by the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) to determine the cause of an animal’s death. .

The whale was washed ashore around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, and teams from the Marine Police, the Albufeira Municipal Civil Protection Service and the Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF) were to analyze and begin removal. procedures, but the device “did not arrive in time to prevent it from being dragged into the sea by the tide”, justified at the time the captain of the port of Portimão, whose jurisdiction is in Albufeira and Silves.

The same source explained that the movement of the animal would be monitored, with the expectation that it would be “pulled back to dry land and then removed,” which eventually happened on Monday morning, and authorities were able to carry out the removal of the animal. bodies to an area inaccessible to the tide, and then to the area of ​​​​the embankment.