US EditionWhale Stranded on German Coast Swims Off, Gets Stuck Again
Rescuers and two entrepreneurs have tried to refloat the 13.5-meter whale, but officials said it is badly injured and may soon die.
- A stranded humpback whale nicknamed Timmy swam free on its own before halting near Poel on Monday. Till Backhaus, environment minister for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, insisted the 13.5-meter mammal was merely "resting."
- Rescuers had prepared a complex operation using inflatable cushions and pontoons to transport the 12-metric-ton whale toward the North Sea. The animal has struggled in shallow Baltic Sea waters for weeks, suffering from a severe skin condition.
- Police enforced a 500-meter protection zone due to intense public fascination with the mammal's plight. Despite these measures, a 67-year-old woman jumped from a boat over the weekend attempting to reach the whale before authorities stopped her.
- Marine biologist Thilo Maack of Greenpeace warned that ongoing intervention causes the sick whale severe stress. Maack told The Associated Press, "I believe the whale will die very soon now."
- Experts remain divided on whether further rescue attempts are viable as local authorities maintain hope. The whale breathes irregularly and remains in clear distress while daily livestreams broadcast its struggle to global audiences.
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The humpback whale stranded in front of the island of Poel is swimming again. Previously, a private initiative had planned to bring the animal to the Atlantic Ocean. All developments in the Newsticker.
Backhaus has been an agricultural minister in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for 28 years. Now it is becoming a high form. In the desperate rescue of the stranded whale it is continuously in use. This does not happen without an end in itself.
The fight for the life of the humpback whale "Timmy" in the Wismar Bay in Germany continues. But slowly the helpers run away. A whale researcher Fabian Ritter again calls for the whale to be left alone: "The rescue attempt passes by the well-being of the whale. "On Tuesday morning members of the private initiative, which finances the rescue, resumed their work. In the current live stream (see below) it can be seen that the whale is still lying i…
New close-ups show the full extent of the whale drama in the Baltic Sea. After humpback whale "Timmy" was temporarily free, it is now again stranded in front of the island of Poel.
Live streams show the whale close to the island of Poel – it moves its pinballs but does not get off.The humpback whale lying in shallow water in front of the island of Poel is not swollen again until morning. On live streams on the internet it can be seen that the ton-heavy animal still lies at the exit of the Kirchsee named bay near the water and breathes. Also its pinball called thoracic fins moves it. These repeatedly emerge from today's sig…
Stranded, loosed, stranded again – and several times. How is it going on in the drama about the humpback whale in the Baltic Sea? At night the animal lies quietly. What experts advise.The drama about the stranded humpback whale in the Baltic Sea does not end. The helpers hope that the ton heavy animal swims again after a nightly rest break and finds its way out of the Kirchsee, a flat bay of the island of Poel north of Wismar. At night Mecklenbu…
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