Whale carcass washes up on Kennebunk shore

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 5, 2024

A humpback whale carcass washed up on the shore of Kennebunk over the weekend, after it floated for weeks from the coast of Massachusetts to Wells. The whale, a female officials called “Lollipop,” washed up on Strawberry Island – off the Kennebunk coast – overnight Friday into Saturday, News Center Maine reported. From there, the body was floated into the bay and toward Libbys Point, where crews loaded it up and brought it to a composting facility. Lollipop was at least the third dead whale found in Maine waters in as many months.