Timmy the Humpback Whale Found Dead Off Denmark
A recovered GPS tracker confirmed the whale was the same animal rescued from Germany, and officials said the carcass poses no current problem.
- A humpback whale known as Timmy was found dead off the Danish island of Anholt on Thursday. Division head Jane Hansen of the Danish Nature Agency confirmed the carcass matched the animal from previous German rescue attempts.
- After initial strandings near Luebeck on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, rescuers released the whale into the North Sea off Denmark. The animal had previously become stuck on sandbanks several times.
- Entrepreneurs Karin Walter-Mommert and Walter Gunz financed the rescue at an estimated cost of £1.5 million. Some experts criticized the private plan, arguing it would only cause the animal more distress.
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency stressed that the public should keep a safe distance from the carcass. The agency warned of a "risk of explosion" due to gas buildup from decomposition.
- Conditions today made it possible to retrieve the tracking device fastened to the whale's back. Hansen added that there are currently no plans to remove the carcass or perform a necropsy.
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Humpback whale "Timmy" is dead – the GPS tracker brought the sad certainty. Now an expert demands an autopsy and calls the probably decisive factor.
Sad certainty off the Danish coast: The humpback whale, which moved the people in Germany for weeks, is dead. A transmitter now brought the final confirmation.
A map shows Timmy's presumed last route: from Skagerrak northwest to the North Sea – and back to death in front of the Danish island Anholt.
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thueringen24.deThe whale Timmy died despite weeks of rescue attempts. The involved veterinarian Dr. Wallace believes: One thing we will probably never know.
‘Timmy,’ humpback whale released in spectacular rescue effort, found dead off Denmark
A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and contentious rescue effort, after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, authorities said Saturday.
A dead humpback whale was discovered in front of the Danish island of Anholt. A tissue sample is now supposed to make it clear whether it is "Timmy".
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