Overview
- Danish authorities confirmed Saturday the dead humpback near Anholt is Timmy after a Nature Agency worker recovered the attached tracker.
- The whale was released May 2 into the North Sea after volunteers guided it onto a water-filled barge in Germany during a widely watched rescue.
- The carcass lies in the Kattegat about 130 kilometers from the release site, according to officials.
- Officials say they have no immediate plans to remove the body or conduct a necropsy, and they warned people to keep clear because of disease risk and possible gas buildup explosions.
- The device’s recovery resolved confusion over missing tracker signals and sharpened scrutiny of the €1.5 million privately financed effort that many scientists, including the International Whaling Commission, had called inadvisable for a severely weakened juvenile in low-salinity waters.