Effort begins to rescue Timmy, the humpback whale, stranded off Germany's Baltic coast - Reuters

<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiugFBVV95cUxPZWxvMF8tR1BrZV9YRnNHaHRZbEYxbHpOWkUtbnpBS1dHWTRXbkxMYjdtb3EzNzR0MzJsNWFPak5wN3VkRGdIS3R6QzRpRTJNcm1RWXoxSGVTSE81NTBBSlZ5YUlkVmhxbFpKeWE4enhQU2dyS0E5aklTTmltbUJYXzZYNERSUmRiNm1PcXF4REVRX3YtYUYtTEhJaThxbEthZWdqSU9xYnBZR0R1dkpqUnhFWHBXNmJEM3c?oc=5" target="_blank">Effort begins to rescue Timmy, the humpback whale, stranded off Germany's Baltic coast</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="#6f6f6f">Reuters</font>

German officials have given the green light for a fresh attempt to rescue a humpback whale that has been stranded off the country’s Baltic Sea coast for more than a month.

An attempt to remove a stranded humpback whale from shallow waters off Germany’s Baltic coast began on Tuesday, after four weeks of intense public debate over the best way to help the animal the public has named Timmy.

German rescuers on Tuesday hauled a stranded humpback whale into a special boat due to carry it to deeper waters, in the latest attempt to free the mammal whose ordeal has captured the imagination of Germany for weeks.

German rescuers launched a fresh bid Tuesday to free a humpback whale stranded for a month off the country's coast, aiming to transport the cetacean to deeper waters in a barge.

An attempt to remove a stranded humpback whale from shallow waters off Germany’s Baltic coast began on Tuesday, after four weeks of intense public debate over the best way to help the animal the public has named Timmy.