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German rescuers plan to use air cushions to save Timmy the stranded whale
Experts are using air cushions and a tugboat to move the weakened whale after repeated rescue attempts failed, officials said.
- On Thursday, German rescuers began an elaborate operation to save a sick humpback whale nicknamed Timmy, stranded in shallow waters near the Baltic Sea coast at Wismar.
- The 12 to 15 meters long whale never found its way back to the North Sea, and previous rescue efforts failed while the animal weakened in the Baltic Sea's low salt content.
- Police established a 500-meter protection zone to prevent curious bystanders from stressing the animal after a 67-year-old woman jumped off a boat trying to get closer to Timmy.
- State Environment Minister Till Backhaus announced a new rescue plan on Wednesday using air cushions to lift the whale onto a tarp, with state officials approving the private transport initiative.
- If the operation succeeds, a tugboat will carry Timmy out of the Baltic Sea by Friday, aiming to return the whale to the North Sea or Atlantic Ocean.
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Rescue teams intend to use air cushions to lift the cetacean over a tarpaulin, which has barely moved in recent days in shallow Baltic waters.
The rescue of the whale nicknamed Timmy is reaching its final stages. The construction of a special pontoon, which will transport the humpback whale to the North Sea, is complete. A group of volunteers are trying to lift the whale using an air cushion and remove the sand it has sunk into. A pontoon, on which a tarp is attached, is being pushed under it.
The Wismar bay is probably the last attempt to save the stranded humpback whale Timmy. Experts from all over the world support the elaborate recovery. WORLD reporter Gerrit Schröder reports live about the operation in front of the island of Poel.
Air cushions, pontoons, tarpaulins: A privately organized rescue operation wants to drag the whale stranded in the Baltic Sea back towards the Atlantic. What exactly is planned and how it stands around the whale.
Dagens Nyheter.
hbl.fiThe whales will be lifted with air cushions and transported to the Atlantic Ocean between pontoons.
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