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Environmental Minister Tolerates Private Plan to Rescue Stranded Humpback Whale Near Poel

Environmental Minister Tolerates Private Plan to Rescue Stranded Humpback Whale Near Poel

Environmental Minister Till Backhaus has tolerated a private initiative’s revised plan to rescue a stranded humpback whale near Poel island, despite ongoing tensions over terminology and procedural delays. The twelve-meter-long male whale, locally nicknamed Timmy, has remained in shallow waters off the Baltic coast since stranding earlier this week. Preparations for its relocation have continued … Weiterlesen …

Rescue effort for stranded humpback whale Timmy abandoned due to rising water levels off Poel

Walter Gunz says the operation is back to square one

The rescue attempt for a stranded humpback whale off Germany’s Baltic coast has been abandoned after rising water levels made it impossible to deploy flotation devices, according to the project’s main funder. Walter Gunz says the operation is back to square one Walter Gunz, co-founder of MediaMarkt and financier of the rescue effort, told the … Weiterlesen …

Private rescue team prepares for Saturday humpback whale rescue attempt in Poel inlet

The whale’s condition has deteriorated despite continuous human intervention

A humpback whale has been trapped in the shallow Kirchsee inlet off Poel for 18 days, its fate now resting on a private rescue effort that may not begin until Saturday at the earliest. The whale’s condition has deteriorated despite continuous human intervention On Friday morning, the animal reacted violently to an approaching diver, thrashing … Weiterlesen …