Overview
- A roughly 10-meter whale remains stuck on a sandbank off Niendorf on Germany’s Baltic coast after attempts to refloat it failed.
- Rescue teams used boats to generate waves with drones guiding the effort and volunteers assisting, yet towing is ruled out to avoid injury.
- Responders cut away parts of a fishing net that had wrapped around the whale’s body.
- Reports from Sea Shepherd and NDR say it is likely a young humpback that is alive, weak, and making deep, muffled sounds.
- Police put up fences to keep onlookers back as experts continue to assess why it stranded.