Rescuers hope to move young male humpback from Baltic to North Sea after being stranded for a month near Lübeck

Amid intense media attention, the high-stakes rescue mission, funded by two multi-millionaires, is being watched by hundreds of onlookers, many of whom are camped nearby to monitor the spectacle.

Cheers went up on Tuesday afternoon after the whale, named “Timmy” after the Timmerdorfer Strand where it beached on a sand bank more than a month ago, was hauled down a channel in the sandy seabed and then swam of its own accord into the barge.
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The next stage will involve a tugboat pulling the barge into the North Sea. There, if the whale is considered robust enough, it will be released and hopefully swim further into the Atlantic Ocean. It is equipped with a tracker to follow its movements.
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The whale, which weighs about 12 tonnes and is about 10 metres long, has become a cause célèbre in Germany. It was quickly identified as being sick and fatigued, not helped by the waters of the Baltic, which are low in salt compared with the Atlantic, which he probably came from.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/28/timmy-whale-barge-rescue-attempt-germany