You can make a lot of dubious purchases online, but eBay has yet to jump the shark — er, whale. The town of Cape St. George, Newfoundland, tried an unorthodox way to dispose of a 40-foot rotting whale carcass decaying on their shores, but in spite of interest from bidders, the online auction site has shut the whale sale down.
Unfortunately, this is one instance where eBay's well-intended restrictions on the sale of marine mammals might do more harm than good. The town of 1,000 hasn't been able to find an affordable way of removing the rotting sperm whale that washed ashore on their beaches last week, and Canada's fishery department refuses to get involved. When Cape St. George's town council met this Sunday, they decided to try a 21st century fix before the smell of the corpse became unbearable. Thankfully, The Telegram captured this bizarre screenshot before the eBay Gods intervened: Read more...
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