Timmy, the young humpback whale who was stranded for weeks in shallow waters, has been found dead just off Denmark’s coast, according to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, just weeks after a controversial rescue effort set him free.
“The stranded humpback whale near Anholt is the same whale that was previously stranded in Germany and was the subject of rescue attempts,” Jane Hansen, head of division at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, told CNN on Saturday.
The agency confirmed the whale’s identity after one of its workers found and retrieved the faulty tracking device that had been attached to him during his rescue attempt.
“The position and appearance of the device confirm that this is the same whale that had previously been observed and handled in German waters,” Hansen said.
Timmy was found on Friday near the island of Anholt – situated in the Kattegat Strait between Denmark and Sweden, about 130 kilometers from where he was released.
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