Overview
- A Danish recovery team pulled the bloated carcass of the humpback known as Timmy onto the beach of Anholt after failed attempts to tow it to the mainland.
- Veterinarians and whale experts will perform an on-site autopsy on Thursday afternoon that is expected to last about six hours and include controlled venting of gases before internal examination.
- Danish teams recovered the satellite tracker attached to the whale and will transfer the device and its data to Mecklenburg-Vorpommern officials for review and public release.
- Claims by a member of the private rescue group that the tracker recorded dozens of positions and more than 30 depth readings over six days and that Timmy swam roughly 240 km have not yet been independently verified.
- The case has produced a three-digit number of complaints to the Schwerin prosecutor’s office, raised local health and odor concerns on Anholt, and been widely contrasted with the rapid removal of a dead fin whale in France.