Rescuers Withdraw Urgent Request – No Whale Rescue After All:
The stranded animal is still lying in a bay in the Baltic Sea. Experts assume the whale will die ...
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Controversy and Efforts Surround Stranded Baltic WhaleA humpback whale in the Baltic Sea weakens as rescue plans face court delays and the environment minister confronts 47 charges.
- The stranded humpback whale remains in a Baltic Sea bay and is expected by experts to die there.
- The Pixelhelper Foundation has withdrawn its urgent rescue petition, complicating efforts to save the whale.
- A dredger, previously used in a successful whale rescue, has arrived on Poel island with a four-person crew.
- The environment minister faces intense criticism and 47 legal complaints related to the rescue operation.
"Before the whale Timmy is rescued by Jens Schulz as an AfD member and Walter Gunz as a sympathizer, we will let him die for democracy."— Pixelhelper Foundation (Instagram)
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