The humpback whale was stranded for a month on the German coast of the Baltic Sea and is heading on a boat towards the waters of the North Seaafter the tug ‘Robin Hood’ joined the rescue operation on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday.
According to German television NTV, the ‘Robin Hood’ towed the barge transporting the cetacean, which It measures 12.35 meters long, weighs about 12 tons and which has been nicknamed “Timmy”until the towing vessel “Fortuna B” also took over.
This Wednesday, according to the Internet page VesselFinder, which tracks the real-time position of ships around the world, the “Fortuna B” was moving away from the coast of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in northeastern Germany.
The boat It was approaching the shores of Denmark on its trajectory and the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
The rescue operation results from a private initiative financed by businessmen Walter Gunz, co-founder of the consumer electronics distribution chain MediaMarkt, and Karin Walter-Mommert, well-known in the equestrian sports sector.
On Tuesday the decisive moment took place in the release of “Timmy” when he entered the bargea special boat 50 meters long, which works like a submersible floating dock.
Two veterinarians gave their approval for the transport of the animalconsidering that his health condition allowed it, as reported on Tuesday by the Minister of the Environment of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Till Backhaus.
