Timmy the stranded whale is dead. Please, let’s put animal welfare first and human emotion second
- Written by Vanessa Pirotta, Postdoctoral Researcher and Wildlife Scientist, Macquarie University
Marcus Golejewski/GettySince March, the world has watched live as a humpback whale lay stranded on a sandbank in German waters, far from the North Sea.
The stranded humpback whale was found in poor health, tangled in fishing gear with telltale cuts from a ship strike on its back. He was given the name Timmy.
Early attempts to rescue Timmy failed....





