Last-ditch plan to free 'Timmy' the humpback whale from shallow waters

Rescue operations for a humpback whale stranded on a sandbank off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast for the past three weeks continued on Sunday (April 19) after a privately funded initiative got the go-ahead from local authorities to try and move the animal.Excavators on pontoons positioned near the whale were seen digging a trench in the water.Rescuers on a dinghy nearby were handling a blue tarpaulin onto which the whale will be attempted to be placed for transport.