The English-speaking world has largely missed out on the story of Timmy the humpback whale. I’ve been having to follow German twitter updates to get news. English media picked up on the privately-funded rescue mission but it was not widely reported and most people know nothing about it. Last month Timmy was spotted in the Baltic Sea which is not normally a route for humpback whales. They think he got tangled in netting and lost his way. He eventually stranded on a beach and after repeated attempts to refloat followed by stranding the authorities decided to give up on him and let nature take its course. In other words, leave him to die. Two multi-millionaires stepped in and with the support of marine experts from around the world they orchestrated an ambitious rescue mission that has never been done before. They flooded a barge, got Timmy to swim onto it, then with the Fortuna B tug boat pulled him all the way to the North Sea. He swam off the barge just over an hour ago and is now…
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