About 70 whales have been found dead along the US west coast this year causing authorities to ask waterfront residents to volunteer their properties as a disposal site for the carcasses.
At least one Washington state landowner has agreed to the request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries which says it has run out of places to take the dead whales.
Officials say by allowing the carcasses to decompose in front of their homes, landowners could support the natural process of the marine environment, and skeletons left behind could be used for educational purposes.