Attempts to rescue Timmy the stranded whale ‘inadvisable’, experts say (opens in new tab)

Month-long mission to save animal in Baltic sea off Germany has attracted national frenzyTimmy the whale rescue attempt begins off coast of Germany – in picturesAttempts to rescue a young humpback whale that was stranded in shallow waters off the Baltic coast in Germany have been criticised by the International Whaling Commission as “inadvisable”.The 10m-long whale, variously nicknamed Timmy or Hope, swam on to a sand bank more than a month ago, and its health deteriorated as it repeatedly be...