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Timmy the humpback whale found dead off Danish coast

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 controversial rescue effort after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, Danish authorities...

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Timmy the humpback whale found dead off Danish coast
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On April 29, 2026, the humpback whale recovered from a shallow bay off Wismar was being transported towards the North Sea in a flooded cargo ship just before the Danish border in Fehmarn, Germany.

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 controversial rescue effort after repeatedly becoming stranded off Germany's Baltic Sea coast, Danish authorities said Saturday.

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