Millionaires are set to fund an elaborate operation in a last-ditch attempt to free a stranded humpback whale from shallow waters, despite opposition by Greenpeace. The whale - nicknamed locally as 'Timmy' after the German bay, Timmendorfer Strand, where it is stranded - has been stuck for nearly s»»»

A last-ditch effort to rescue a wayward whale that has transfixed Germans for weeks has begun in the Baltic Sea despite criticism it has little chance of success and could further harm the 12-tonne creature. The male humpback whale was first spotted last month near Timmendorfer Strand on the northe»»»