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Denmark Confirms Dead Humpback Is ‘Timmy’ From German Rescue

Danish officials confirmed the identification by recovering the whale’s tracker.

Timmy was transported in a flooded barge to the North Sea at the end of April.
Vet Anne Herrschaft and helpers examine a dead whale, confirmed to be Timmy, off the Danish island of Anholt.
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Overview

  • Danish regulators said the dead humpback near the Danish island of Anholt is Timmy after they recovered his tracking device from the carcass.
  • The whale was released on May 2 into the North Sea following a barge transport from shallow Baltic waters where it had lingered for weeks.
  • The rescue was funded by German donors Walter Gunz and Karin Walter-Mommert, and the cost was reported at about £1.3 million.
  • Marine experts, including the German Oceanographic Museum and the International Whaling Commission, had warned the weakened whale was unlikely to survive the move.
  • Before the carcass was found, the rescue team’s GPS tag had produced no verified signals, which fueled doubts about the outcome and is likely to spur calls to review privately run wildlife rescues.