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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
rescue a wayward whale that has transfixed Germans for weeks has begun in the Baltic Sea despite criticism it has little chance of success and could further harm the 12-tonne creature. The male humpback
Timmy is stranded on Friday. Photograph: Frank Molter/AFP/Getty Images The whale’s plight has attracted hundreds of onlookers, including tourists from across [Europe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news), who have travelled to Poel to watch the spectacle
rescue was funded by two German millionaires who commissioned a massive, water-filled barge to transport Timmy to freedom. [![Aerial view of a large whale swimming just below the surface of clear turquoise water, with
rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island. The whale was first spotted stuck on a sandbank on 23 March, off the island of Poel on Germany's Baltic
Timmy by local media, was first spotted in the Baltic Sea, far from its natural habitat, at the beginning of March and is currently stuck in a shallow coastal area off the island of Poel