Timmy the humpback whale escapes to the North Sea

The whale calf’s repeated stranding off the coast of Germany sparked widespread concern and extensive media coverage.A humpback whale calf that earned huge media attention and the nickname Timmy after being repeatedly stranded in shallow waters near Germany has been released into the North Sea by rescue team.The operation to save the sea mammal, launched as its health deteriorated, transported Timmy in a water-filled barge and released him off Denmark on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Mexico’s Sinaloa state governor resigns amid US drug trafficking chargeslist 2 of 3Yemen reports hijacked oil tanker headed for Somalialist 3 of 3Spain demands Israel release arrested Gaza flotilla crew memberend of listKarin Walter-Mommert, one of the private financiers of the operation, said the whale appeared to be swimming freely and in the right direction upon his release, the APF news agency reports.He “should now swim up the Norwegian coast toward the Arctic”, she said.Timmy was first spotted near Germany’s Baltic Sea coast on March 3. He repeatedly got stuck in shallow waters, despite efforts to encourage him back to the deeper sea.Far from his natural habitat of the Atlantic Ocean, the whale became distressed, and the public became invested in