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Whale found dead near Danish island after German rescue operation
Key takeaways
- A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.
- The whale was first spotted stuck on a sandbank on 23 March, off the island of Poel on Germany's Baltic coast.
- It swam free in early May after a water-filled barge carried it into the North Sea.
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Joshua Cheetham EPA/Sea Shepherd. A humpback whale rescued after beaching itself in Germany has been found dead near a Danish island.
The whale was first spotted stuck on a sandbank on 23 March, off the island of Poel on Germany's Baltic coast.
It swam free in early May after a water-filled barge carried it into the North Sea.
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