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Photos: The Rescue of Timmy the Whale

The Atlantic · May 5, 2026, 1:26 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Jens Büttner / DPA / Getty. A helper splashes a stranded humpback whale at sunset in shallow waters of the Baltic Sea near Fährdorf, off the island of Poel, Germany, on April 24, 2026. The humpback whale, nicknamed Timmy by German media, became stranded in the area three weeks earlier.Daniel Bockwoldt / DPA / Getty Greenpeace boats sail alongside a whale lying in the Baltic Sea on March 29, 2026, near the the island of Poel.Ulrich Perrey / DPA / Getty Several excavators are used near the stranded whale on March 26, 2026.Daniel Bockwoldt / DPA / GettyJournalists follow the rescue attempts near the stranded whale on March 26, 2026.Marcus Golejewski / DPA / GettyWater is sprayed on Timmy the whale, still stranded on a sandbank off the island of Poel on April 11, 2026.Bernd Wüstneck / DPA / GettyPontoons, two cranes, and more equipment for rescuing the stranded humpback whale arrive by truck at the port of Kirchdorf on the Baltic Sea island of Poel on April 16, 2026. The equipment was set up to be used in a new rescue attempt for the humpback whale stranded off the island.Bernd Wüstneck / DPA / GettyIn the port of Kirchdorf pontoons are lowered in sections, ready to be used to rescue the stranded whale, on April 16, 2026.Morris MacMatzen / GettyAn excavator on a floating pontoon sits in a standby position near the stranded whale off the island of Poel on April 17, 2026. Authorities said its survival chances were growing dimmer by the day. Rescuers, in a last-ditch effort, hoped to remove sand from beneath the whale and then transport the whale to the North Sea.Stefan Sauer / DPA / GettyAn aerial view of the stranded whale, seen off the island of Poel on April 18, 2026, with its back covered with cloth for protectionMorris MacMatzen / GettyVeterinarian Janine Bahr-van Gemmert gestures as she speaks to the assembled media during a press conference at the harbor of Kirchdorf about the stranded humpback whale during efforts to save it on April 18, 2026, near Wismar, Germany.Jen

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