Don't worry, they will get a tribe paid "biologist" to speculate that the whale had come that far up the river to die of some ailment.
The natives, being stewards of the land, simply put the poor whale out of its misery and have utilized will utilize every bit of it. They will be lionized not punished.
Sadly, I suspect that you centered the X-ring. I seriously doubt a damn thing will come of it.
Jeff
