Timmy the whale 'likely dead' days after controversial millionaire-funded rescue

Timmy the humpback whale is most likely dead, according to experts, just days after private donors spent millions funding his controversial rescue.The 33ft mammal - whose health had severely deteriorated after being stranded since March - was released on Saturday after being transported there in a water-filled barge by rescuers.But just days after Timmy entered the North Sea off Denmark, and following a lack of tracking data, the German Oceanographic Museum has determined he didn't survive the transition to deep water.