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rescue of Timmy the whale ‘an all-round catastrophe’ over deficient tracker Marine biologists and whale experts have [stepped up their criticism](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/rescue-stranded-timmy-whale-germany-inadvisable) of a privately funded operation
rescue operation was only going to stress the animal and would certainly not help it, a private initiative was [launched](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/millionaires-fund-last-ditch-attempt-to-save-humpback-whale-stranded-in-germany), funded by two prominent millionaires, leaving local politicians in the shade
funds to mount an 11th-hour rescue mission for which they won state approval. One of the sponsors, Walter Gunz, the founder of a major electronics retailer chain, said that without the mobilisation, the whale
operation as a success, he said it was an "example for Germany of what can be done". "If everything goes well, it will be in the North Sea in two days," he told reporters, adding