Stranded humpback whale 'Timmy' transported to sea after weeks on German coast

Along the German coast, a humpback whale named Timmy spent weeks stranded in shallow waters — a creature of the deep made suddenly, painfully visible to the human world. When it became clear he would not return to the sea on his own, authorities chose the difficult path of intervention, loading him onto a barge bound for the North Sea. It was a decision made at the intersection of compassion and uncertainty, where the will to act pressed hard against the limits of what rescue can truly offer a wild and suffering animal.