Timmy the humpback whale is dead — the full story of a €1.5 million rescue that divided Europe
Timmy, the humpback whale who became a media phenomenon after repeatedly stranding himself on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, has been found dead off the Danish island of Anholt — confirmed by his GPS tracker on May 16, 2026. The young whale died just two weeks after a controversial €1.5 million private rescue operation released him into the North Sea. Here’s the full story from beginning to end.
