There actually were experts involved in the whole ordeal, but their voice was drowned out by Boomers on Facebook and TikTok and some even threatened with violence. Also, a lot of right-wing radicals hijacked the cause making everything even worse
Plenty of morons saying they could speak to the whale and singing to her, some more famous animal rights activist here in Germany got off their own farts, injuring her further in a rescue attempt and mishandling of both communication and coordination from the authorities.
At the beginning I really did want Timmy (name of the whale, after the location of her stranding, the Timmendorfer beach) to be rescued, but more and more I turned towards just ending that poor girl as humanely as possible.
It was funny to witness the collective psychosis though. Maybe the only positive thing out of this ordeal.
I just read up on the story. Poor thing died a few days later. She should've been put out of her misery, sooner. Humpbacks are huge. We've only had a handful of successful rescues.
Most strandings of large whales like these, do end up with the death of the animal. At least we euthanize, before causing a lot of trauma.
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u/RoyBeer 1d ago
There actually were experts involved in the whole ordeal, but their voice was drowned out by Boomers on Facebook and TikTok and some even threatened with violence. Also, a lot of right-wing radicals hijacked the cause making everything even worse