Animal rescue within the Baltic Sea: Whale apparently stranded once more in Wismar Bay | EUROtoday

The humpback whale, which was freed off Timmendorfer Strand, has apparently stranded itself once more – this time in Wismar Bay, southeast of Walfisch Island. This is what the “Lübecker Nachrichten” and “Bild” report.

“I can confirm that we had a sighting report at Wismar this morning, which we are now checking,” mentioned Diana Meyen, spokeswoman for the German Maritime Museum in Stralsund.

A little bit later the whale was found on a sandbank. The police boat “Uecker” is close by and is ready for a smaller draft inflatable boat to look at its situation. It can also be conceivable that the whale is resting in shallow water.

Wismar Bay is situated east of Boltenhagen, the place the animal was final seen late on Friday afternoon. The whale has subsequently as soon as once more deviated from the route that may open the way in which to freedom.

Chief Police Commissioner Holger Kraus from the water police in Wismar (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) believes the animal has little probability of survival. “During my years of service, I had to deal with two or three whales of this size that had strayed to us. Unfortunately, none survived,” he informed Bild. Kraus has been monitoring the Baltic Sea for 30 years. “You never know. Maybe it will work this time.”

The humpback whale was found on a sandbank off Timmendorfer Strand on Monday morning. After days of efforts by quite a few helpers, the animal swam free in the course of the evening from a sandbank off Timmendorfer Strand via a channel dug out by an excavator.

On Friday afternoon, the humpback whale swam in a zigzag off the Mecklenburg coast, a Greenpeace spokeswoman mentioned. Members of the marine safety group and Greenpeace accompanied him in rubber dinghies. After a number of hours, they ended the commentary.

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