"The mission known as Operation Cushion is scheduled to start on Tuesday. Rescue workers said the animal was positioned in the right direction in the water on Sunday."
"After experts, including leading marine biologists, said the whale was dying and a rescue operation was only going to stress the animal, a private initiative was launched."
"The initiative plans to lift the 30-metre long whale with air cushions, stretching a net beneath it to suspend it in a pontoon structure."
Timmy, a 12-tonne humpback whale, has been stranded on the Baltic Sea coastline for nearly a month. Operation Cushion will attempt to transport Timmy 400km to the North Sea using a barge designed like a giant steel aquarium. Experts noted that the whale is positioned correctly in the water, indicating it may be preparing for the towing process. The initiative, funded by two millionaires, involves lifting Timmy with air cushions and suspending it in a pontoon for towing into deeper waters.
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